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Posted by: mrsherbie - 10 March 2009 11:23:14
I have this stamp in my 79 kab's paperwork, where is this? pre Milton Keynes? I have not owned a british vw since the 80's :oops: so have no idea :lol: [img]https://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/skippy53/vw-stamp.jpg[/img]

Posted by: Rich Oakley - 10 March 2009 13:10:59
[quote=mrsherbie]I have this stamp in my 79 kab's paperwork, where is this? pre Milton Keynes? I have not owned a british vw since the 80's :oops: so have no idea :lol: [img]https://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/skippy53/vw-stamp.jpg[/img][/quote] Was your car Kab purchased on the Tourist delivery scheme?

Posted by: pre67vw - 10 March 2009 13:44:08
[quote=Rich Oakley] Was your car Kab purchased on the Tourist delivery scheme?[/quote] Sorry to jump in here, I've never heard of that - what was it?

Posted by: VW Stan - 10 March 2009 14:13:04
[quote=pre67vw] Sorry to jump in here, I've never heard of that - what was it? [/quote] You could pick your new beetle up while you were on holiday from any dealer, the factory, airport etc. Drive it around then give it back and it would be shipped to your local dealer later after you returned home. Lots of brochures on The Samba... [url=https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/touristdelivery.php]https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/touristdelivery.php[/url] [ATTACH]2698[/Attach]

Posted by: VW Stan - 10 March 2009 14:13:04

[quote=pre67vw] Sorry to jump in here, I've never heard of that - what was it? [/quote] You could pick your new beetle up while you were on holiday from any dealer, the factory, airport etc. Drive it around then give it back and it would be shipped to your local dealer later after you returned home. Lots of brochures on The Samba... [url=https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/touristdelivery.php]https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/touristdelivery.php[/url] [ATTACH]2698[/Attach]

Posted by: lifeintheslowlane - 10 March 2009 18:05:37
This is a quote from Dave Ruby (Ghia guru on The Samba) [quote="retrowagen"]VW had a tourist delivery program from the 50's on. One could order a specific vehicle from one's local dealer, and a German dealer (or later, the VW tourist delivery depot in Wolfsburg, or at the Frankfurt a.M. airport) would prepare the car for pickup, with customs license plates, temporary paperwork and tourist car insurance. The tourist would then have the opportunity to drive the car around Europe, and return the vehicle to a predetermined shipping-off location on an agreed-upon date. Then fly home, then after a month or two, pick up the vehicle either at the port or the local dealer.[/quote] My '58 Ghia was bought through the "US Tourist Scheme." Betty the previous owner said she had a month's holiday in her new Ghia in April/May 1958, driving it through Germany and France before returning it to a depot somewhere (she can't remember where exactly). I have the original German registration plate that Betty saved from her holiday. I mentioned this to Hants VWOC member John Beever and he said the scheme was set-up by VW to get round US import restrictions in the '50 and '60s. Apparently VW dealers in the U.S. pushed this scheme and it was certainly a popular package. As Dave (retrowagen) has said, you ordered your VW at your local dealer, the major parts of your holiday were organized for you, you collected you new car on arrival, drove it on your holiday and returned it for shipping to your home. So you were happy, you got your new car at your home, having already driven it on a memorable holiday. Not only that but VW were happy too because they’d sold you a new car and when it entered the U.S. it didn’t enter as a new car to count against their limited annual quota but as a used car. Bingo! VW get to ship a few thousand more cars into the U.S. every year. This applied to other countries who operated "Protectionism" during the 50s and 60s.

Posted by: lifeintheslowlane - 10 March 2009 18:05:37

This is a quote from Dave Ruby (Ghia guru on The Samba) [quote="retrowagen"]VW had a tourist delivery program from the 50's on. One could order a specific vehicle from one's local dealer, and a German dealer (or later, the VW tourist delivery depot in Wolfsburg, or at the Frankfurt a.M. airport) would prepare the car for pickup, with customs license plates, temporary paperwork and tourist car insurance. The tourist would then have the opportunity to drive the car around Europe, and return the vehicle to a predetermined shipping-off location on an agreed-upon date. Then fly home, then after a month or two, pick up the vehicle either at the port or the local dealer.[/quote] My '58 Ghia was bought through the "US Tourist Scheme." Betty the previous owner said she had a month's holiday in her new Ghia in April/May 1958, driving it through Germany and France before returning it to a depot somewhere (she can't remember where exactly). I have the original German registration plate that Betty saved from her holiday. I mentioned this to Hants VWOC member John Beever and he said the scheme was set-up by VW to get round US import restrictions in the '50 and '60s. Apparently VW dealers in the U.S. pushed this scheme and it was certainly a popular package. As Dave (retrowagen) has said, you ordered your VW at your local dealer, the major parts of your holiday were organized for you, you collected you new car on arrival, drove it on your holiday and returned it for shipping to your home. So you were happy, you got your new car at your home, having already driven it on a memorable holiday. Not only that but VW were happy too because they’d sold you a new car and when it entered the U.S. it didn’t enter as a new car to count against their limited annual quota but as a used car. Bingo! VW get to ship a few thousand more cars into the U.S. every year. This applied to other countries who operated "Protectionism" during the 50s and 60s.

Posted by: mrsherbie - 11 March 2009 22:03:34
Thanks all! I have heard of the tourist programme and that could explain then why I have three of these stamps in all the places where I should have dealer stamps and I cannot find any mention of a uk dealer, and its plates have no dealer on them from memory ( I must check them to be sure) I have to get new plates made and foolishly thought it would be a simple task :lol: Anyway, now I am going to dance round the room to [i]'Fame[/i]' wearing legwarmers, hmm can I still get away with that 'wedge' haircut I used to have?.. ooh I am getting into the 80's mood now! [img]https://smiley.onegreatguy.net/dancer.gif[/img] Oh, (I hear you think in jealousy) I really wish my beetle had one of those nice [i]light blue[/i] bubble font vw docs folders :lol: :lol: [img]https://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/skippy53/80s.jpg[/img]

Posted by: mrsherbie - 11 March 2009 22:03:34

Thanks all! I have heard of the tourist programme and that could explain then why I have three of these stamps in all the places where I should have dealer stamps and I cannot find any mention of a uk dealer, and its plates have no dealer on them from memory ( I must check them to be sure) I have to get new plates made and foolishly thought it would be a simple task :lol: Anyway, now I am going to dance round the room to [i]'Fame[/i]' wearing legwarmers, hmm can I still get away with that 'wedge' haircut I used to have?.. ooh I am getting into the 80's mood now! [img]https://smiley.onegreatguy.net/dancer.gif[/img] Oh, (I hear you think in jealousy) I really wish my beetle had one of those nice [i]light blue[/i] bubble font vw docs folders :lol: :lol: [img]https://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/skippy53/80s.jpg[/img]

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