>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.

The point is that, no matter the silly decision to call them
something else for one lone market, the so-called Vanagon is a Type 2
(as are ALL VW vans excepting the LT), and ALL Type 2s are
Transporters, whether they are Dokas, panelvans, Kombis, Microbuses...

A piece of granite is granite, no matter what you might call it...
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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