At 04:19 AM 10/15/99 -0400, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>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.
>

All VW vans are known as Type 2s, however where the confusion might come in
is that when the bay windows came out VW added a sub-designation to the
Type 2 designation:

Type 2 T1 - split windshield vans
Type 2 T2 - bay window vans
Type 2 T3 - vanagon vans
Type 2 T4 - Eurovan vans

>also, vw vans badged as "transporters" usually were "no frills" baseline, or
>utility versions.
>

Transporter badges have been given to the utility versions as well as the
no-frills baseline versions. However in VW nomenclature/brochurse the
no-frills versions are referred to as Kombis.

Ric

>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
>