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Subject:Re: kombi rides again in NZ
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:39:03 +1300

"Volkswagen launched the original four-cylinder Kombi van in Europe in 1949.
It had a split windscreen, seating for nine, 21 windows, an
air-cooled engine in the rear and was based on a 1947 design by Dutch
VW importer Ben Pon. His concept was simple: he sketched a rectangle
on top of the existing Beetle platform. "0 Vanagon.com

21 windows?? The Kombi didn't. Only the Samba/Microbus did, and the
really early ones of course were 23-window. The 21-window Samba only
appeared with the big tailgate, in 1963 or thereabouts.

Typical ignorant newsies...
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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