VW in Germany told me this:
Type2 is the production line of the transporters (as type1 are the bugs).
It started in the fifties with the first transporters (split-windows, sambas
etc.) That was the type2 T1 (first version of transporters).
In the sixties the type2 T2 was the next generation of busses (the round
pre-versions of the vanagon).
1979-1992 is the time of our vanagons. They are the type2 T3.
1992-today are the T4s (fourth generation). But I don�t know if they are
still type2. I guess not because the whole constellation and design changed
(front engine, front drive).

So the vanagon still is a type2. And when ordering parts at a vw dealer,
they look for t2-92 (short for type2 T3 year �92) in their computer.
That has been discussed on the german forum over and over. T2 is correct for
type2, T3 is correct for 3rd generation... Both is correct.
Curios, eh?

Raimund

-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: JordanVw@AOL.COM <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
An: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Datum: Freitag, 15. Oktober 1999 10:23
Betreff: Re: "Bus" or "Vanagon"

>In a message dated 10/15/99 12:34:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>s.overmyer@UWS.EDU.AU writes:
>
><< Really? Hmmm,as far as I understood the Type2 was an official
> designation up the the end of the Waterboxer's production run in '92 >>
>
>never heard that before..   anyone else verify this?   Dont think it would
>make any sense that they would call the vanagon both the type 2 and the
type
>3 at the same time.....everything that i've read, been told, and have
learned
>says that type 2 production ended in '79.
>
>also, vw vans badged as "transporters" usually were "no frills" baseline,
or
>utility versions.
>
>but, in the land down under, things could be different..  :<)
>hey...are they still making the ford falcon over there?  my dad has a '63
>model... ;<)
>chris
>