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Re: [T3] tachy clock
<x-flowed>On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 06:52 PM, Jim Adney wrote:
I had worked
under the assumption that Ghia did the styling, VW did the design, and
Karmann
did the assembly, just because VW wasn't set up for the lower
production
levels. Now I have to wonder what the real arrangement was and how it
was that
VW let decisions like this get out of their control.
Mismanagement indeed!
It's probably more accurate to say that the Karmann Ghias were examples
of high volume coachbuilding rather than low volume manufacturing. They
were marketed as semi-handbuilt cars. The styling was Ghia's and they
built the prototype, but Karmann was responsible for the final
production design and engineering. Johannes Beeskow (designer of the
Rometsch coachbuilt VW of the 50s) was the chief Karmann production
engineer for the Type 34, which is an indication that their
manufacturing decisions had more to do with European coachbuilding
traditions than VW's high-volume production methods.
Scott
62 343, 65 361
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