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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Larry Edson wrote: > At 02:17 PM 1/23/97 -0500, Alan W. Presley wrote: > >(Some travel agencies promoted that it was cheaper to travel to Germany, > >Buy a NEW VW, travel in it around Europe and ship it home than renting a > >car or traveling by train.) > > I read last night that 100,000 VWs were eventually brought to the U.S. under > this program. My '63 Beetle came in this way; it's called "Touristenwagen" on the paperwork. Turns out the family who arranged to take the trip had to cancel, but they wanted the car anyway. The picked it up at the docks in San Francisco in late '62. Apparently it got its first service at a VW dealer in Germany (perhaps where it was to be picked up?) and I scored the dealer badge that the car was delivered with. Emily also has a dealer badge on her '64 Notch--a slicker looking one than mine, I might add. Does anybody else have such a badge? Metal or plastic, a couple of inches across, probably located on the side of the car just forward of a front door. -Greg '71 squareback '63 Beetle