As I said in my last post, enough of this and back to bikes. My original point was that the European manufacturers had not embraced affordable cars for the working class to the extent that Ford did in America. The relevant connection was that this resulted in contunued bicycle use and bicycle culture in Europe, even though these were fading in the US. VW would be a demonstration of my point whether it was a scam or whether it was legitimate and the prodcution was merely preempted by the war. Which was the case is a discussion that can be held offlist.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> Fact: development cost for the people's car (Volks wagen) were raised
> by selling stamps (like s&h green stamps) to the commoner folks, and by
> selling stock shares to the less-common, more well-to-do folks. No one
> collected, and whether it was a huge amount of money, used to finance
> the buildup in the 30's, or only the disposable income of people who
> really shouldn't have been tempted (like powerball?) it was
> nevertheless a syphoning off of monies from people-under the ruse of
> the people's car. pfft! Sorry Jerry this is not some wierd revisionist
> crap, any more than your veneration of auto union is equivalent to a
> d-nial-of-the-holocost!
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> w.t.f. has happened to our group here???
> w.t.f. does ANY of this shit have to do with bikes???!?!?
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> oh...on-topic question: where can one get a leather non-unica-nitor
> saddle for a late 60's italian bike?
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