I have a small minitanks brand HO scale military Vanagon Doppelkab with canvas top that looks just like David Marshall's. These are fairly common at VW shows and on ebay. Cool to have for the Doublecab completist.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Kevin & Lisa Sellitti Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 7:46 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Military Issue Vanagons
I was in Barnes & Noble Today. I came across a book in the automotive section that was all about VW Busses. The book didn't mention Vanagons much. What caught my eye was an ex-German Army 1976 Transporter Crew Cab. It was a Military issue with Blackout Curtains, Gun Mount and troops seats (Could carry ten troops.) The caption said that many Transporters had been used by the German Military (Most were Crews) and they were also used b the U.N. and even United States Troops in Europe. That got me thinking..... Was the Vanagon (T3,Transporter) used by any of Europe's Military Services? Or were the VW's dropped after the Type 2's? It would seem to me that a Syncro Crew Cab would be an natural Replacement for the Type 2 Crew Cab (Especially the Syncro 16 :->. Anyone out there have any info? I would love to learn more about them if they were used in Military Applications. Image the weird Variants they may lurk out there.
BTW: I saw a very nice 88? Westy parked in the Parking garage at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Today (Sarasota, Fl). Is that person on this list? I was impressed with how well it fit in the Garage. Looks like it had lots of head room.
Thanks, Kevin (Still no Vanagon yet! Only Vanagon envy :-( ) |
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