> the design was updated with current technology and knowledge of > safety... so the > design wasn't changed as much as you might think ... just tinkered > with to make it better, in the eyes of the engineers. In fact the T3 is utterly different to the T2 (and the T1 Split which the T2 was a modified version of). Nothing, in either design or actual items, were carried-over (apart from the aircooled engine and perhaps transmission parts). Which is why most Americans are unaware that the so-called "Vanagon" is a Type 2. "Bus".
-- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut <goose1047@gmail.com> |
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