Date: Wed, 4 Jan 95 17:09:32 MST
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: todds@sonny.chotel.com
Subject: Re: another edition of the dictionary ...
>
> ok, gang ... see what you think is missing (needs to be added) or is just
> flat wrong (needs to be fixed).
>
> Dictionary of Terms from the Bus/Vanagon List
[...]
> BRICK 1. Vanagon model Transporters. 2. any VW Bus or Transporter
I for one don't like this one. Where I come from, a brick is a
'60s era International Scout. I might be a little out of touch
with recent usage, however....
[...]
> CV-JOINT one of the small circular devices at an end of an axle on
> a bus. Microbuses have only two of these, Buses, Vanagons,
> and Eurovans have four, while Syncros have eight. these
> are necessary to allow the axle to move up and down while
> still turning to propel the car. the joints need to be
> keep greased to function properly. when they are worn, they
> make a knocking-noise that strikes fear into the hearts of
> bus owners everywhere.
Swing-axle VWs don't have CV joints. They have boots at the rear
which may look like a CV boot, but the stuff inside is different.
[...]
> KOMBI generally accepted to mean a mid-range trim model of a
> Volkswagen Transporter. that is, NOT a utility/commercial
> truck, and yet NOT a Deluxe model with all the bells and
> whistles of luxury and convenience. usually, a Kombi has
> windows along the side, seats, and some side paneling.
You might get some discussion on this. General usage is probably
a pre-68 with three windows on each side, regardless of the interior
appointments.
[...]
> SPLIT the Microbus, made from 1949 to 1967. also called a
> Split-Window.
I don't like referring to pre-68's as split-windows, because of
the confusion with the bugs with the split back windows.
[...]
> TRANSPORTER any of Volkswagen smaller trucks and vans. known as Type 2,
> they evolved through four (4) 'generations': T1, T2, T3, and
> T4. but the entire line of vehicles has always been called
> 'Type 2'.
Is this generally accepted? I've never heard of a type 3 type II.
[...]
BTW--did anyone call them Westphalias before the Vanagon era,
when they emblazoned them up on the front of the fiberglas?
I don't remember that term used in period....
All opinions are those of a middle-aged fart from the Southwest
who has been with the VW bug for about 25 years....
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