> 
> 
> Joel querries as to what what a Kombi is...
> 
> I believe that Kombi is short for Kombination...at least in the
> early busses, Kombi's were one step higher in the model range
> than the plain, window-less delivery van. They had three windows
> on either side of the passenger compartment, usually cloth seats
> and trim.
> 
> The idea for the kombi was that you could use it as a delivery vad
> oops van during the week and use it as a family car on weekends.
> 
> Ric
> 

Hello,
	My manual for my old 72 westy showed the kombi as the step between
the 7pass and the westy.  It showed a van that had a rear seat that folded
into a bed but, looked more like the regular seats than the westy rear
seat.  I always thought that it was a kombination of 7pass and camper.

Alan
84 H2O Vanagon GL

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