Date:         Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:38:08 -0800
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wht the hell is it?
Comments: To: Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@gmail.com>
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Nathaniel -

Yer close on the nomenclature, but no cigar.  Here's a brief "Reader's
Digest condensed run-down:

Type 1, 113 = Beetle, Super Beetle (To 72)
Type 133 = Super Beetle (1303) 73-on
Type 14 = K Ghia
Type 147 = Fridolin
Type 18 = Thing (actually Type 181)
Type 16 = Jetta
Type 17 = Rabbit
Type 176 = Golf II (years 86-87)
Type 19 = Golf II
Type 2 T1 = Splittie Buses to 67
Type 2 T2 = Bay Window Buses
Type 2 T3 = Vanagons
  251 = Panel Van
  253 = L, GL, Camper thru 85
  255 = L, GL, Camper 86-91
  245 = Single Cab PU
  247 = Double Cab PU
Type 2 T4 = Eurovan
(Actually most parts for these start with a 7, so maybe a Type 7?!))
Type 3 = Notchback, Fastback, Squareback
Type 34 = Type 3 based K Ghia
Type 4 = 411/412 Sedans & Wagens (VW's lovely Edsel)
Type 53 = Scirocco
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On 2/12/07, Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hmm, every community has it's own inside jargon to seperate the twits
> from the real thing. I thought Type 2s were the old loaf busses, Type
> 3 were the newer busses (vanagons in the US - gawd what an awful name,
> belongs on a Ford), and Type 4s were the Eurovans.
> Is my nomenclature revealing me to be the noob that I am?
>
> Nathaniel
>
> On 2/12/07, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2/11/07, Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > What's the name of those funky half-vanagon, half ugly pickup? I've
> > > only been In Victoria BC for an hour and I've seen three Kombis and
> > > two of the strange van/pickups. This place is VW heaven. A best-kept
> > > secret on the west coast. And that westy at WestBay village is still
> > > here, two months later. Don't know if someone is living in it. But us
> > > type 3s look like something pooped out of the huge tin rigs
> > > surrounding us. I won't complain tho; I've got a gorgeous nighttime
> > > view of the lights of Victoria harbour and I'm getting gratis use of
> > > someone's wireless.
> > >
> > > nathaniel
> >
> >
> > Watch your mouth, Nathaniel. You were probably looking at T3 Doublecabs
> > (Dopplekabine / Doka / Crewcab) Transporters. I have more than one of
> them
> > and not in Canada.
> >
> > Whatever do you mean by "...us type 3s..."? Are you referring to Type
> 3's as
> > in the cars from VW in 60's thru the 70's or do you mean like a Type II
> T3
> > Transporters like Vanagons? Do you spell Syncro with an H?
> >
> > Get thee to the Vannery!
> >
> >
> > BenT