not sure if it was a commercial van or what but i have seen a
watercooled  83 with all  four of the rear windows being the none
sliding versions with a solid metal floor with no mounting points on
it.  i still  have not found a description of this vehicle in anything
but a UK site.
jimt
On Tuesday, Nov 5, 2002, at 21:56 America/Denver, Kim Brennan wrote:

> On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 04:33 AM, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
>> Every Type 2 is a Transporter, from 1949 to 2002 and counting. This
>> includes all "Vanagons", whether or not that were sold as
>> Transporters or Type 2s in USA. They are just that. The "Vanagon" is
>> a Tpe 2 and a Transporter. Period.
>
> In the US and possibly Canada too (to the best of my knowledge) the
> Transporter tag was only applied to the vehicles with pick up beds, aka
> Single Cabs and Double Cabs. The Passenger van and Camper models were
> Vanagons, not "Transporters". Else where in the world different rules
> apply (and did apply). I don't know if any of the commercial Vanagon
> vans (no windows in the rear) were ever brought in to North America. No
> doubt they would have been "Transporters" as well.
>