Father’s black 1957 Volkswage Beetle
... almost the first, and almost a classic ... 		         cars Porsche P356 P911 Boxster
11 July 1957, Stetten/R, near Stuttgart, Würtemberg, West Germany.
depart Stetten/R in black VW for Czechoslovakia (via Austria)
  		 
black 1957 Volkswage Beetle   Volkswage Service Booklet


black 1957 Volkswage Beetle,
purchased for $1050.00,
($6050.00, in 1999 U.S. dollars)
with European Delivery;
shipped to the Port of Toledo, OH USA

... sometimes one has to park,
and wait, and wait, and wait ...

12 July 1957, Vienna, Austria.
afternoon / early evening:
crossed Austrian / Czechoslovak border at Kittsee St. Berg, Austria - Petrzalka, CSSR.
Nikita Krushchev visited Bratislava that day; that may have been the cause of our two hour delay at the border.
Father drove all night to reach Zilina. 		 
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