VW Beetle 1949-1980: (Schiffer Automotive Series) [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Series: Schiffer Automotive Series | Publication Date: January 1, 2004

Each 96 page, hard cover book in the series is 10 1/2"" x 7 5/8"" and contains color and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. Each classic model is presented in its historic and developmental aspects.

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Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887401686
• ISBN-13: 978-0887401688
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,036,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor repro ads and little original info spoil it..., March 9, 2000

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A. Gascoigne (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VW Beetle 1949-1980: (Schiffer Automotive Series) (Hardcover)

When I received this book, I was hoping for a history of the Beetle Convertible. What I got was a bunch of badly reproduced original adverts and their DIRECT translations into English (with titles like "Drive the VW Karmann Ghia - With Reason" ? ) as opposed to a re-wording in context.

Some of the pictures were quite good, but most looked like they'd been scanned straight out of another book. If they had originally been double-page photo's, then there would be a large chunk missing down the middle of the repro pic, where the original's page spine had been. Fine for someone's website maybe, but not for a hardback publication.

Aside from the first few pages, there was little original information. The remainder of the book was given up to a few odd paragraphs (and of course, the above mentioned 'translations' of adverts).

Overall I felt letdown and if nothing, a bit cheated by this book.