Without the rapid customer service, construction vehicles had no chance on the construction sites of the post-war decades. With the VW T1 (type 2) Liebherr ensured that technicians were on site quickly with tools and spare parts. It was the time when the VW Bulli gained the appreciation that was valid until today. In fact, the first model prototype in Wolfsburg was ready for operation as early as 1949 – it was supposed to mean a consistent van version as a further development of the VW Beetle "Type 1". After only 51 weeks of development, the new van was presented to journalists on November 12, 1949, and series production began on March 8, 1950 at the Wolfsburg plant. Wiking consciously lets the design idiom of the legendary model construction master Alfred Kedzierski speak during the rea...
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The first VW T1 "Type 2" had quickly become widespread in Switzerland – and drove already at the beginning of the fifties in the colors of the then-well-known "Burger stumps". In contrast to ordinary cigars, stumps were once blunt-cut, round, rather...
The colors of overproud were indispensable on Fritz Peltzer's desk. The former WIKING founder and passionate smokers were conspired on overpride. On the occasion of the anniversary year "75 years of transport models", Wiking reminds on the delivery fleet...