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Smushed-in-Volks?

May 6, 2010 at 3:55PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Going through the 1960 Survey project, I found this picture. It's heartening:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Almost everything is still there. The little white-edged building in the background middle was town down for a parking ramp, but everything survives. The detail below, however, mystified. I'm not a car expert, so I can't identify the model. Looks like a pug version of a Beetle. The hood's wrong for a Volks, right? The grill's wrong. Any ideas?

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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