Beetles Crawled to the Pumpkin Run

 

The story of the Volkswagen is fairly well known. It was designed to be "the people's car" in Germany during the Great Depression, a vehicle that could move up to four people and be quite affordable. There were some rather famous people involved in the ultimate development of the VW, including Dr. Ferdinand Porsche whose son would go on to create a rather famous car of his own. During World War II the VW factory was bombed out and, after the conflict, was going to be completely trashed. It had ended up in the British controlled section of West Germany and Army major Ivan Hirst saw the potential to help re-build the country through manufacturing. The rest, as they say, is history. The Type 1, better known as the Beetle, became the largest selling car in the world. A good number of those ended up at the Pumpkin Run Nationals sponsored by the Fastiques Rod and Custom Car Club and held at the Clermont County Fairgrounds. Here are some of the "Bugs" that were on display.