a bug is a Type 1 a bus is a Type 2 (T1=splitty, T2=loaf, T3=brick, T4=Eurovan) my .02 Matt CHRIS STANN wrote: > > > > > Also... I'm a little confused about the T4 designation... I thought the T4 > > was the Eurovan... no? Seems to be some contradictory uses of the T > > designations.... Could you please explain? > > Bill > > Overseas the Transporters are referred as T1, T2, T3, T4 depending on the > body style, and that is what you're used to. In the U.S. we refer to the > Beetle as the Type 1, or T1 for short, T2 is the Bus, either split-window or > the bay-window, T3 is the Notchback, Squareback and Fastback, and the T4 is > the 411/412. The T1 engine is the Beetle motor, the T3 is the 'pancake' > Squareback motor, and the T4 is the 411/412, Porsche 914-4, and the > Bay-window bus motor. So you have the T4 motor in the T2 and the Vanagon > which is known to others as a T3, but the T3 is know as the Squareback. > This is all confusing as hell, but I just play along. > > Chris. |
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