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1951 Beetle
2-door convertible

1951 Beetle

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Image: Sicnag · Recorded license: CC-BY · Representative image; manifest year 1951. Exact configuration remains unverified.

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1949 VW Split Window Beetle - German Border Patrol
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1131cc
Displacement
N/A
Power
N/A
Top Speed
1951 Beetle profile

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1951 Beetle exterior view

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Engineering.

The air-cooled flat-four that powered the 1951 Beetle. Simple, reliable, and endlessly modifiable.

1131cc

Air-cooled flat-4

Source-recorded engine code: 1-.

Power
N/A
Fuel
Unknown

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Pastel Green

L11•common

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Recorded Engine Code · unverified1-
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