S1 Ep13: VW Beetle Part III: From Hitler to Hippies
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In the finale of our three part series on the VW Beetle James, Nolan, and Joe explore the Beetle’s unlikely transition from Hitlers love child to lovechild hit. You’ll find out how a car that was meant to mobilize a war hungry Germany became a symbol of freedom.
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| 0:23.2 | What's up everybody? |
| 0:24.2 | My name is Nolan. |
| 0:25.2 | From past gasp by donut media, we are an automotive history show. |
| 0:28.8 | I kind of like to think of it as hanging out with your buddies in a garage listening |
| 0:32.1 | to them tell great stories from automotive history. |
| 0:35.0 | This week, it's the second part of our two-parter on Phil Hill in the 1961 Formula One season, |
| 0:41.1 | where the guys, me and our guest host Elizabeth Blackstock, ask, why was it a death sentence |
| 0:47.8 | to drive for Ferrari? |
| 0:49.6 | Aside from Phil Hill, who were some of these tragic figures? |
| 0:52.8 | And why didn't Enzo Ferrari go to the funerals of his drivers? |
| 0:56.6 | Well, this week on past gas, we're going to tell you why. |
| 0:59.0 | It's the story of the Ferrari curse and how was broken by an American. |
| 1:03.2 | This was a really good episode. |
| 1:04.5 | Elizabeth Blackstock, one of my good friends, really great on the show as well. |
| 1:08.8 | You might know her from her book, Racing with Rich Energy, or you might have read her |
| 1:13.1 | articles online if you read a lot of automotive articles. |
| 1:16.8 | So check out past gas. |
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