the source says that these are a VW Brilkever, a Kever, and a Cabriolet, at the Zandvoort.
So, the split rear window bug is called a Brilkever, the Kever is a word for the bug/beetle.
I've never heard of the term Brilkever, so, learn something new every day!
The Brilkever had the split rear window, was built from 1945 to 1953 and had an output of 25 hp, and was compact.
I know that the Zandvoort is a racetrack in the Netherlands, maybe in translation it appears in the description as a word meaning where they are racing, and not trying to describe the 3rd car. Translations are not perfect
Kever is the Dutch word for Beetle. Brilkever is a slang name for the split screen Beetle (from bril for glasses, because the split screen looks a bit like a pair of glasses). I found this on the NL version of the Wiki page for the Beetle - as you say "Brilkelver" doesn't appear on the English version of the page, but if you use Google's translate tool to switch the page between Dutch and English you can find the same paragraph in English.
ReplyDeleteZandvoort is probably the name of the track rather than one of the cars.
Zandvoort is a racetrack in Holland. The original Dutch picture caption only mentions two of the three cars. Kever is the Dutch word for beetle and the Brilkever - Bril is a pair of glasses - is named that because of its resemblance. Great post - this one and the blue Mustang today are some of my favorites.
ReplyDeletethanks! I rewrote the post to show I now understand that the Brilkever is the split rear window resembling the spectacles, a Kever is the word for bug/beetle, and the Zandvoort is where they are racing. Since many race track names are used on car models, like Sebring, Bonneville, Monterey, I asked if the Zandvoort was possibly the model name of the 3rd bug.
DeleteBril seems to be a Dutch word for glasses(spectacles).
ReplyDeleteKever would be "beetle".
I assume the rear windows look like a pair of reading glasses.
I think you nailed it
DeleteBy the way,I think the "old" Beetle WAS smaller than the "new" Beetle.
ReplyDeleteAs for the odd appearance, I think it's a visual issue. Slightly different angles make it difficult to measure precisely, but I think you'll find the split window is actually just as big as the others, but normal perspective would lead us to expect the rear ones to appear smaller. If you look at the split window in front, you'll see that not only does it look smaller, but its rear looks smaller than its front.
ReplyDeleteA very long telephoto lens compresses perspective and leads to a nearly orthogonal view, which we visually sens is wrong, and I'm guessing that's the issue here.
good point! Some focal point or aperture and focal point combo might do something like this to bring the distant object in the photo closer in view
DeleteMaybe #11 was prepared by Smokey Yunick and it's a scaled down version!
ReplyDeleteHa! Good one!
Deletesome weird photoshop or something, the front tires on all three, look noticeably larger than the rears, which are closer to the camera.
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