A handful of KdF-Wagen were produced, primarily for the Nazi elite, from 1941 to 1944, as the Typ 60.
During World War II, the factory primarily built the Kübelwagen (Typ 82), the Schwimmwagen (Typ 166), and a handful of other light wheeled vehicles, all mechanically derived from the Typ 1, for the Wehrmacht.
These included several hundred Kommandeurswagen (Typ 87), with a Typ 1 Beetle body mounted on the rugged chassis of the four-wheel drive Typ 86 Kübelwagen prototype, and fitted with portal axle and a Schwimmwagen drive train, with wider fenders.,
to accommodate oversize Kronprinz all-terrain tires (reminiscent of the later Baja Bugs).
Kommandeurswagen were produced up to 1944, when all production was halted because of heavy damage to the factory from Allied air raids.
Much of the essential equipment had already been moved to underground bunkers for protection, which let production resume quickly after hostilities ended.
Due to gasoline shortages late in the war, a few "Holzbrenner" Beetles were built, which were fuelled with logs of wood.
The logs were converted into cumbustible gasses using pyrolysis gas producers located under the front hood, so the car could retain its carburetted Otto engine.
A handful of KdF-Wagen were produced, primarily for the Nazi elite, from 1941 to 1944, as the Typ 60. During World War II, the factory primarily built the Kübelwagen (Typ 82), the Schwimmwagen (Typ 166), and a handful of other light wheeled vehicles, all mechanically derived from the Typ 1, for the Wehrmacht. These included several hundred Kommandeurswagen (Typ 87), with a Typ 1 Beetle body mounted on the rugged chassis of the four-wheel drive Typ 86 Kübelwagen prototype, and fitted with portal axle and a Schwimmwagen drive train, with wider fenders., to accommodate oversize Kronprinz all-terrain tires (reminiscent of the later Baja Bugs). Kommandeurswagen were produced up to 1944, when all production was halted because of heavy damage to the factory from Allied air raids. Much of the essential equipment had already been moved to underground bunkers for protection, which let production resume quickly after hostilities ended. Due to gasoline shortages late in the war, a few "Holzbrenner" Beetles were built, which were fuelled with logs of wood. The logs were converted into cumbustible gasses using pyrolysis gas producers located under the front hood, so the car could retain its carburetted Otto engine.
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