"Volkswagen Kübelwagen KdF Typ 82" walk around in workshop near Lausanne / Switzerland (GP - Garage Populaire - VW - Run by CEO Axel S. alias Magic Hands ) . Genuine original Volkswagen Kübelwagen of 1942 Typ 82 Tropen (Tropical) Funkwagen (Radio car) coded "Fu", which received a new bodywork and larger engine (1134 cc) in 1943 in Wolfsburg (KdF Factory in Germany) after returning from North Africa with mine damage on the front suspensions -
Redelivered to the Wehrmacht for the Italian front in 1943 as a Funkwagen (Radio car) and remained in Italy till 1945, registered in Switzerland in 1946 - driven till 1963 in Bern area, stored in 1963 till 2000, then undergoing restoration in Marpingen -Sankt Wendl Germany, Back on the road since Jan 2020
The brakes are not hydraulics - but original VW mechanical once using metal cables
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To all German Vehicle collectors : please do not make / copy / repeat the mistake of several collectors !!! PLEASE DO NOT PAINT RIMS IN SEVERAL COLORS / NO CAMO PAINT ON RIMS !! as per German Wehrmacht Vorschriften : Genormte Anstrich Vorschriften !! - Painting the rims in several colors was forbidden by the OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) for all vehicles !
Which is very logical ! Otherwise the vehicle become more visible due to camo paint on the rims in movement. In some pictures grease leaks on the rims may look like camo, and as usual sometimes,
mistakes has been made, even by the Germans !!! So do not repeat it !