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A 1986 Trabant 601 S De Luxe. In hindsight, the Trabant 601 can be considered East Germany's answer to West Germany's "People's Car", the VW Beetle. [1] [2] Its purpose was to provide a cheap but still reliable car that was very affordable and also easy to repair and maintain.
A motor vehicle service or tune-up is a series of maintenance procedures carried out at a set time interval or after the vehicle has traveled a certain distance. The service intervals are specified by the vehicle manufacturer in a service schedule and some modern cars display the due date for the next service electronically on the instrument panel.
If rust is present on a body panel, the panel was damaged by a collision, or other damage is present, there are several options for repair: fix the damaged panel (minor damage), replacement (excessively damaged panels), or cutting out and replacing a portion of the panel (moderate damage—for many makes of vintage car, small partial patch ...
The recall consists of some Beetle and Passat vehicles from model years 2006-2019. "The driver's side frontal airbag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term ...
John Muir (1918–1977) was a structural engineer who worked for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), who "dropped out," 1960s-style, to become a writer and long-haired car mechanic with a garage in Taos, New Mexico, specializing in maintenance and repair of Volkswagens. [1] He was a distant relative of the naturalist John Muir. [2]
Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡn̩] ⓘ) [Note 1] is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.Established in 1937 by The German Labour Front, it was revitalized into the global brand it is today after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst.
Volkswagen Type 2 on its way to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 Colorful Volkswagen Type 2. The VW Type 2 became popular with the counterculture of the 1960s, thanks to its ability to transport a large group of people while being cheap and easy to maintain. [34] Its design was simple yet spacious, thanks largely to the rear-mounted engine.
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