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Date:         Wed, 04 Jan 95 21:37:40 CST
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From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: another edition of the dictionary  ...

On Wed, 4 Jan 95 18:10:42 CST <todds@sonny.chotel.com> said: >> 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....

to me, a brick was always a Volvo. :) but others seem to use 'brick' for the buses, so ...

>> CV-JOINT one of the small circular devices at an end of an axle on >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.

well ... that comes from me getting 'swing-axle' screwed up. :) fix in progress.

>> KOMBI generally accepted to mean a mid-range trim model of a >You might get some discussion on this. General usage is probably

ha! we've already been round and round on this one. and nobody had a really definitive answer. about the only SURE thing is that a Kombi doesn't have lots of chrome. :)

>> 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.

again, i've heard them called this by others, so ...

>> they evolved through four (4) 'generations': T1, T2, T3, and >Is this generally accepted? I've never heard of a type 3 type II.

all the german books i have refer to the 'generations'/body-styles as T1, T2, T3, and T4 ... that's NOT Type 1, Type 2, ... ALL buses are Type 2. but the factory apparently called the generations Transporter-1, Transporter-2 or T1, T2, etc.

>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....

as far as i know, the campers were referred to as Campmobile or just Campers. i had never heard them referred to as "Westy's" before this list or LiMBO. and i've never heard a salesperson refer to them as anything but Campers. but they were all made by Westfalia. in europe, i think they were called Wohnmobile or Wohnwagen.

>All opinions are those of a middle-aged fart from the Southwest >who has been with the VW bug for about 25 years....

ah. them aged farts are like old wine: full of vinegar! :) joel


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