I have a small minitanks brand HO scale military Vanagon Doppelkab with
canvas top that looks just like David Marshall's.

These are fairly common at VW shows and on ebay.  Cool to have for the
Doublecab completist.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Kevin & Lisa Sellitti
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 7:46 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Military Issue Vanagons

        I was in Barnes & Noble Today. I came across a book in the
automotive
section that was all about VW Busses. The book didn't mention Vanagons much.
What caught my eye was an ex-German Army 1976 Transporter Crew Cab. It was a
Military issue with Blackout Curtains, Gun Mount and troops seats (Could
carry ten troops.) The caption said that many Transporters had been used by
the German Military (Most were Crews) and they were also used b the U.N. and
even United States Troops in Europe.
        That got me thinking..... Was the Vanagon (T3,Transporter) used by
any of
Europe's Military Services? Or were the VW's dropped after the Type 2's? It
would seem to me that a Syncro Crew Cab would be an natural Replacement for
the Type 2 Crew Cab (Especially the Syncro 16 :->. Anyone out there have any
info? I would love to learn more about them if they were used in Military
Applications. Image the weird Variants they may lurk out there.

BTW: I saw a very nice 88? Westy parked in the Parking garage at Sarasota
Memorial Hospital Today (Sarasota, Fl). Is that person on this list? I was
impressed with how well it fit in the Garage. Looks like it had lots of head
room.

Thanks,
Kevin
(Still no Vanagon yet! Only Vanagon envy :-(   )