>Peter Cassidy wrote:
>
>> Funny enuf, it's *not* available at the FLAPS here, as the Caravelle was
>> never sold in Ireland (but was in the UK). There are very few '79-'91
>> vans on the road over here. Tons of '92+ Transporters ("Eurovans"!).
>
>Really? It must be the only western European country that never got the T3. I
>have never heard this before.

Well, I was away for a few years & have just returned. Since then, a very
stringent new road test has been introduced (the NCT) and has resulted in
a lot of 10+ years vehicles failing & being sent on to the scrapper.
My own imported US Vanagon will have to go through this in a few weeks.
The weather doesn't help, either. There are very few Type-2 Bay Window
buses on the roads these days. 8-( There were quite a few about in the
'70s & I grew up sitting on the 'hump' in the back of air-cooled panel
vans.

Now, there are tons of late-model vans - probably more than any other
panel van on the road, including Ford Transits. VW Sharan MPVs are
unheard of ....

Pete C

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