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Date:         Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:39:03 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: kombi rides again in NZ
In-Reply-To:  <dad0e8a40511191413u1d0e2608x56323b1f79bdde2a@mail.gmail.com>
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"Volkswagen launched the original four-cylinder Kombi van in Europe in 1949.
It had a split windscreen, seating for nine, 21 windows, an
air-cooled engine in the rear and was based on a 1947 design by Dutch
VW importer Ben Pon. His concept was simple: he sketched a rectangle
on top of the existing Beetle platform. "0 Vanagon.com


21 windows?? The Kombi didn't. Only the Samba/Microbus did, and the
really early ones of course were 23-window. The 21-window Samba only
appeared with the big tailgate, in 1963 or thereabouts.


Typical ignorant newsies...
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut


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