From top: neat engine-turned instrument cluster with freewheel button above it; tight-fitting leather roof and side-mounted spares continue Imperial’s imposing style
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FITTED OUT FOR A KING Ordered new by a Belgian monarch, this sole surviving Vignale-bodied Aston Martin DB2/4 is back on form after decades in the doldrums WORDS MARTIN BUCKLEY PHOTOGRAPHY WILL WILLIAMS
May2022 Classic& SportsCar 107
‘The smooth,simple, rounded Italian asrehllfatlpehecintsgtoshfe“jtephteuabeglaiecr”lfyaan’s5dc0iAnsametveioornlivcweandit’tho Vignale body features an aluminium skin over a timber frameand feels a touch weightierthan Frank Feeley’s standardfactory item 108 Classic& SportsCar May2022
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Supercharger isdriven directly from nose of crank,limiting revs and therefore boost. Below: spacious cockpit with invertedR-type ’box
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WOLMFIRSABCULERBGU’GS Faced with the dismantling of its vast plants and apartments, this German industrial city was transformed by two men and one very special car WORDS MICHAEL SCHIEßL PHOTOGRAPHY ROMAN RÄTZKE
Little-altered 1300mfactory frontageonVW Südstraße, with press shop and body shop behind
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Early Beetle at rest in the villa quarter of Wolfsburg; interior (inset) is simple. Above left: low-compression flat-fourmakes 25bhp IVANHIRST SENIOR RESIDENT OFFICER Almost all customers ordered the Hebmüller withtwo-tone paint. Far left: classy finish was later adopted by VWforexport models
WOLFSBURG WUNDERKINDER TheWolfsburgworksistheworld’s largest car-making plant, delivering thousands of Volkswagen newborns to expectant parentsinover 50 countries everyday.InspiredbyHenryFord’s pioneering production lines, construction of the factory to build Hitler’sKdF-Wagen (Strength through Joy Car) began on 26 May 1938.Morethan46millionvehicleshave left the gates since it reopened for business in 1945, and it only took a decade to get to itsmillionthBeetle.Nearly12mleftWolfsburg before the baton passed to the Golf in 1974, which is still built there today, but not allofitsproductshaveenjoyedthe same sales success…DC KÜBELWAGEN TYPE 2 Thefirstpost-warvehiclemanufactured under Allied control Knownaroundtheworldbydifferent names, we wasn’ttheBeetle,buttheutilitarianKübelwagen(Type 82). During have the ‘camper’ here in the UK, ‘bus’ in the US, the dark times of conflict, more than 50,000 were built for the and ‘Bulli’ in Germany, loosely translated from ‘bus German army (plus 14,265 aquatic Schwimmwagens), but after anddeliveryvan’or busundlieferwagen. Initially liberation in May 1945 the US Army continued to make these ‘VW derivedfromVW’sfirstmodel,theType 1, it was Jeeps’foritsowntroops.Amonthlater, theBritishtookover and givenitsType2designationtoprevent confusion. gottheplantfunctioningasacivilianvehiclefactory, bringing Clearly that didn’t work, especially because the production of these wonderfully basic military machines to an end. multiple variants all carried their own monikers suchaspanelvan,minibus,transporter, microbus, Samba…That aside, it managed to be both a commercial working tool, a cult icon and a symbol offreedom,peaceandlove for generations. TYPE 3 VARIANT PANEL VAN 411/412 TYPE 4 GOLF Whilenever quite living up to the success of With an increasingly affluent global market to It’simpossibletotalkaboutWolfsburg without its Beetle older brother, theType 3 brought aimat,VolkswagenscannedtheageingType 3 mentioning the Golf. Such is its importance that Volkswagen to a whole new customer base. The design, adjusted the photocopier to 150% and thetownwastemporarily rebranded ‘Golfsburg’ middle classes dismissed the Bug, but were wooed delivered a resounding sales flop with the 411 in in 2003 when the fifth generation was launched. by the clean design of the bigger car in notchback, 1968.Forward-thinkingcustomerswere used to Theall-newGolfhadbeenaradical step for the fastbackand‘squareback’forms.Avery select quiet, refined engines in the front of their cars, so company, which held its breath when the little car feweven opted for the panel-van version of the the noisy flat-four clattering away in the back was wasunveiledinthespringof1974.The German squareback, which deleted the rear side windows out of step with the times – not to mention the giant had bet its house on the model selling in big infavour of metal inserts. Inside, you could retain ‘characterful’ styling. This would be a last hurrah numbers,butfewcouldhave predicted that it the rear seat for unfortunate passengers to stare forVW’s rear-mounted, air-cooled engines, but would form the backbone of the firm for decades. blankly at the sides of a metal box, or opt for a evenaredesignandpowerupgrade for the much- Afternearly50years,eightiterations and millions full-length load area to be delivery space only. improved 412 didn’t halt the slide into history. sold,youcouldsayitwasworth the gamble. 126 Classic& SportsCar May2022
HNEOIRNDRHICOHFF GENERAL DIRECTOR Clockwise fromabove: rear bumper came in ’53; black panel to right of wheelcovers fuse box; same 1131cc unit as the Beetle
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West of Englandwool and Bridge ofWeir leather trims luxurious rear compartment. Below: rare strapontin (fold-down seats) Signabove the elegantly trimmed division window details Parisian taxi tariffs, including thenow infamous service de nuit Clockwise from top left: Citroën badge on the door was remade using repoussé technique; meter hgaaimpwbwcasp–sbhbNsmefsTfofnraoaotenanoivueeieetiairamchelecawSrrmeedcfa“BTtntteestdshcskaorhwenUaHrxhaidiitC,aeiqiqneihaeirtlunuitdcdtnedaccmyodi.eulduieheksishPwg1lw,nnokefAdwtieeiNetaeiehoa9instarurptegttaoeaymnp.lreaihaieaorsb5onsaytpfygnanetLmtmgTidhdeila0aëfwhaatsleolrzidfbitsroiiynttscdnslotheefcefhfwtooiawhenoihtaiuhttssoisvVreCLisnsercnnhldeorti.reshgeivjanaeaatoraaieudnaeyrinpalemehh“ntl.swaehtuulitllVs.hethrnta“HrrhoacudyixtshblohFaeH.oiHdInrtismodoerhnisiheoaaipretoerëHttondsvkooctacieyidneiuantRucecowsle-sndaplwitasehpndeMtloasslrogpdhffoorp.silsaaleem,eceaotaaVt’hstl,uIieruliastAelhbeahdhs,tlornbnaesrnoflreli”sC.usmuioed,ieweunfcsetst-ca’tItnttitrttttocRtrboiystarwPnoahhasortaioohaeasaatfrguwsacrtgoerteekalaoriartracnsioieehueFtanasrsyvesiandpwvargcbgtëinaitxsiescdgmraaotldBheoasainuoenliiaogelefltilnnayss,uhes.lamttanr,rsoaen.fb,esdwesBrdag,dnlaeiftTldhitct.gdeoaalosonboemdorsidhchuehetaeiuretmhrnuttdodnshtytihtsesndnertwtacshatsphet,moweeahewerllncpfeptyhllreiieyorwrtarepeainhwtlxpeiewripiebvinoivwyawhensrbetehaoradklleohoaawsreunegaenndtlktotojeiuliasetiaadaxtnetirtd-ceraodasn,ereshtxhwatcesophmdudnrlsetrnpirdtiaiuotid,tanr,feemhalitvaleafll.nsohehliie.eheusonontoaieutaallaIettoododddyeeeeeerrrsttttffll,,., should run off ’box;badge of coachbuilder Chapelle & Jabouille;opera lamp found at Rétromobile 132 Classic& SportsCar May2022
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Above, clockwise: intricate interior lamp; stylised tail- lights are new; Bailey lined up neat roof; old photoswere a valuable guide; B12’s 1452cc ‘four’;ivory doorhandles; scuttle-mounted fuel gauge. Below, clockwise: double- chevronmascot; plain driving compartment; Cicca horn
SNOOFONTTAEER The 2200 Spider represented the ambitions of Abarth and patron Fiat to strike at the higher order of Italian motoring, but it was destined to remain a rarity WORDS RICHARD HESELTINE PHOTOGRAPHY LUC LACEY WdphwniennneeaoehsrudavteehnnefrrwaortetApi-eirntetsdbghhgneaeselvrdtwayyttevihiibnnenpdegwlgtegaehoiuabetteahshtyudhieeeftaiouswnlr,eolleg,ivefttq.ethevhhIuderateiu-’nthsscTeocadtnlieelahtbhtoanhofraenhtratfrebptunheoedtnapeipr’èevrasiwtlgorelgcosodpsiinaiNwaeer.neacnripae,dcTraeagttseebeeslno,sihswsrunobtmatetbi,etafnthaseeateinactddaldmoFsnhddekftioawutsneordiysrn.,innnegcorrvweIaweoageiaatawunnrerirmplsraisldgeyee?-stll,, 136 Classic& SportsCar May2022
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Six was among the last cars towear theWolseleybadge. Right: rear of Austin echoes lost small Bentley project 144 Classic& SportsCar May2022
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