I'm going by body shape and the classic 'VW Bus' name..
I think that's the official model  name of older buses.

so I can only call an Air-Cooled  Vanagon just that.

the term 'Bus' has to do with the shape in my mind.
It's insulting almost to call a Vanagon a Bus I think.

'gotta change the oil in my bus' ..
pre-vanagon to me baby !

no one has ever contacted me to work on their 'bus' and it turned out to be
a vanagon.
I'd just say 'I don't  work on older air-cooled VW Bus's. '

and I'll barely work on an air-cooled vanagon , just barely.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@ocotillofield.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?

> Got to disagree a little, Scott. I think that aircooled Vanagons  should
> be called buses. But a WBX is not a bus.
>
> If its idling and you close your eyes, and take it it with your nose  and
> your ears, it's a definitely a bus.
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> short comment ..
>> I defenitly don't think Vanagons should be called  a 'Bus'
>