Every time somebody starts waxing nostalgic about The Sainted German Engineer, I think of those ridiculous headlights.
Wish I had come up with that headlight idea (and patent rights). It was used on 1954-1966 VW bug, 1957-1967 VW bus, 1950-1965 Porsche 356, and 1965-1986 Porsche 912/911. What a run! Yeah, the bent wire springs were stupid simple but effective.