

| Subject: | Re: another edition of the dictionary ... |
| Date: | Wed, 4 Jan 95 17:09:32 MST |
> > ok, gang ... see what you think is missing (needs to be added) or is just > flat wrong (needs to be fixed). > > Dictionary of Terms from the Bus/Vanagon List [...] > BRICK 1. Vanagon model Transporters. 2. any VW Bus or Transporter I for one don't like this one. Where I come from, a brick is a '60s era International Scout. I might be a little out of touch with recent usage, however.... [...] > CV-JOINT one of the small circular devices at an end of an axle on > a bus. Microbuses have only two of these, Buses, Vanagons, > and Eurovans have four, while Syncros have eight. these > are necessary to allow the axle to move up and down while > still turning to propel the car. the joints need to be > keep greased to function properly. when they are worn, they > make a knocking-noise that strikes fear into the hearts of > bus owners everywhere. Swing-axle VWs don't have CV joints. They have boots at the rear which may look like a CV boot, but the stuff inside is different. [...] > KOMBI generally accepted to mean a mid-range trim model of a > Volkswagen Transporter. that is, NOT a utility/commercial > truck, and yet NOT a Deluxe model with all the bells and > whistles of luxury and convenience. usually, a Kombi has > windows along the side, seats, and some side paneling. You might get some discussion on this. General usage is probably a pre-68 with three windows on each side, regardless of the interior appointments. [...] > SPLIT the Microbus, made from 1949 to 1967. also called a > Split-Window. I don't like referring to pre-68's as split-windows, because of the confusion with the bugs with the split back windows. [...] > TRANSPORTER any of Volkswagen smaller trucks and vans. known as Type 2, > they evolved through four (4) 'generations': T1, T2, T3, and > T4. but the entire line of vehicles has always been called > 'Type 2'. Is this generally accepted? I've never heard of a type 3 type II. [...] BTW--did anyone call them Westphalias before the Vanagon era, when they emblazoned them up on the front of the fiberglas? I don't remember that term used in period.... All opinions are those of a middle-aged fart from the Southwest who has been with the VW bug for about 25 years.... -- Todd R. Schroeder | Without vision, a people perish. todds@sunnet.chotel.com | Proverbs XXIX:18 '71 Campmobile
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