Volkswagen Typ 1 Beetle with sliding roof 1960 (1012757)
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg - Germany
Type: Typ 1 Beetle with patch-on-roof roof
Production time: 1960 - 1965
Production outlet: 5,321,269
Engine: 1192cc boxer-4 rear mounted / forced air-cooled
Power: 34 bhp / 3.600 rpm
Torque: 82 Nm / 2.000 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 118 km/h
Curb weight: 757 kg
Wheelbase: 94.5 inch
Chassis: platform with central structural tunnel frame (rear bifurcated) with bolted steel chassis (eighteen bolts)
Steering: Gemmer screw and nut with hydraulic damper (absorbed steering irregularities)
Gearbox: four-speed manual / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shifter
Clutch: single plate dry disc
Carburettor: reverse mounted Solex 28 PICT downdraft
Fuel tank: 40 liter
Electric system: Bosch 6 Volts
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: mechanical drums / ATE hydraulic drums from April 1962
Brakes rear: mechanical drums / ATE hydraulic drums from April 1962
Suspension front: single wheel independent double crank trailing arms, stabilizer bar, torsion bar + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: independent trailing arms, progressive rubber stopper and transverse torsion bar springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: swing type guided on longitudinal shear struts and mounted in the frame
Differential: spiral bevel
Wheels: 4J x 15
Tires: 5.60 - 15
Options: Fichtel & Sachs Saxomat semi-automatic four speed transmission (from 1961: an electromagnetic clutch with a centrifugal clutch used for idle), a 12 Volts electric system for enforcement vehicles (for example police Beetle with radio), swing-out rear windows, front windows with pivoting vent windows, heating via air-to-air exchange manifolds operating off the engine's heat, a Schrader valve compressor (35 psi /2.4 bar) windshield washer system
Special:
- Typ 1 ("Beetle") was a combination of ideas, which were "composed" by Ferdinand Porsche.
- However, most parts of the car are designed by Béla Barényi and / or Erwin Komenda.
- According to others, the Hungarian Josef Ganz was the designer.
- Fact is that the Volkswagen KdF prototype (in 1934) very similar is to the Tatra V570, developed by Hans Ledwinka, engineer Czech automaker Tatra and the Zündapp Typ 12, designed by Ferdinand Porsche.
- So it remains unclear who is the actual creator of the "Beetle" concept.
- The characteristic four-cylinder air-cooled boxer engine of the Beetle was designed by Franz Reimspiess.
- The characteristic four-cylinder air-cooled boxer engine of the Beetle was designed by Franz Reimspiess.
- This 1200 Series Typ 1 Beetles was assembled in Wolfsburg, Hanover, Emden, Ingolstadt, Osnabrück (all Germany),in São Bernardo do Campo (Brazil), in Puebla (Mexico) and in Uitenhage (South Africa).
Volkswagen Typ 1 Beetle with sliding roof 1960 (1012757)
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg - Germany
Type: Typ 1 Beetle with patch-on-roof roof
Production time: 1960 - 1965
Production outlet: 5,321,269
Engine: 1192cc boxer-4 rear mounted / forced air-cooled
Power: 34 bhp / 3.600 rpm
Torque: 82 Nm / 2.000 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 118 km/h
Curb weight: 757 kg
Wheelbase: 94.5 inch
Chassis: platform with central structural tunnel frame (rear bifurcated) with bolted steel chassis (eighteen bolts)
Steering: Gemmer screw and nut with hydraulic damper (absorbed steering irregularities)
Gearbox: four-speed manual / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shifter
Clutch: single plate dry disc
Carburettor: reverse mounted Solex 28 PICT downdraft
Fuel tank: 40 liter
Electric system: Bosch 6 Volts
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: mechanical drums / ATE hydraulic drums from April 1962
Brakes rear: mechanical drums / ATE hydraulic drums from April 1962
Suspension front: single wheel independent double crank trailing arms, stabilizer bar, torsion bar + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: independent trailing arms, progressive rubber stopper and transverse torsion bar springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: swing type guided on longitudinal shear struts and mounted in the frame
Differential: spiral bevel
Wheels: 4J x 15
Tires: 5.60 - 15
Options: Fichtel & Sachs Saxomat semi-automatic four speed transmission (from 1961: an electromagnetic clutch with a centrifugal clutch used for idle), a 12 Volts electric system for enforcement vehicles (for example police Beetle with radio), swing-out rear windows, front windows with pivoting vent windows, heating via air-to-air exchange manifolds operating off the engine's heat, a Schrader valve compressor (35 psi /2.4 bar) windshield washer system
Special:
- Typ 1 ("Beetle") was a combination of ideas, which were "composed" by Ferdinand Porsche.
- However, most parts of the car are designed by Béla Barényi and / or Erwin Komenda.
- According to others, the Hungarian Josef Ganz was the designer.
- Fact is that the Volkswagen KdF prototype (in 1934) very similar is to the Tatra V570, developed by Hans Ledwinka, engineer Czech automaker Tatra and the Zündapp Typ 12, designed by Ferdinand Porsche.
- So it remains unclear who is the actual creator of the "Beetle" concept.
- The characteristic four-cylinder air-cooled boxer engine of the Beetle was designed by Franz Reimspiess.
- The characteristic four-cylinder air-cooled boxer engine of the Beetle was designed by Franz Reimspiess.
- This 1200 Series Typ 1 Beetles was assembled in Wolfsburg, Hanover, Emden, Ingolstadt, Osnabrück (all Germany),in São Bernardo do Campo (Brazil), in Puebla (Mexico) and in Uitenhage (South Africa).