>On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 04:33 AM, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > >>Every Type 2 is a Transporter, from 1949 to 2002 and counting. This >>includes all "Vanagons", whether or not that were sold as >>Transporters or Type 2s in USA. They are just that. The "Vanagon" is >>a Tpe 2 and a Transporter. Period. > >In the US and possibly Canada too (to the best of my knowledge) the >Transporter tag was only applied to the vehicles with pick up beds, aka >Single Cabs and Double Cabs. The Passenger van and Camper models were >Vanagons, not "Transporters". Else where in the world different rules >apply (and did apply). I don't know if any of the commercial Vanagon >vans (no windows in the rear) were ever brought in to North America. No >doubt they would have been "Transporters" as well. The point is that, no matter the silly decision to call them something else for one lone market, the so-called Vanagon is a Type 2 (as are ALL VW vans excepting the LT), and ALL Type 2s are Transporters, whether they are Dokas, panelvans, Kombis, Microbuses... A piece of granite is granite, no matter what you might call it... -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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