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Thanks to two long-term Volkswagen campervan fans, we take a look at the history of the T1 Samba van, to celebrate a special reunion. They were informally classified by the number of windows the Samba had, often with up to 21 or 23 windows. The luxurious campervan had two pivot doors, in place of a sliding door, and a fabric sunroof. Samba vans also came as standard in two colours, most often the upper part was white and the two sections were divided by a decorative strip. Despite its popularity, the Samba ended with the introduction of the T2 meaning the number on the roads are rare and much sought-after. Earlier this year at a Volkswagen club meet two life-long fans and close friends, Rikki James and Andy Morgan, got talking about their two heritage Samba vans and the similarity in the restoration projects only to find out the two icons were closer than they could ever have imagined. Despite having imported their vans from Sweden and France, the duo realised the body numbers of the two T1 Samba vans were only apart.

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The Volkswagen Type 2 is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model. As one of the forerunners of the modern cargo and passenger vans, the Type 2 gave rise to forward control competitors in the United States in the s, including the Ford Econoline , the Dodge A , and the Chevrolet Corvair 95 Corvan , the latter adapting the rear-engine configuration of the Corvair car in the same manner in which the VW Type 2 adapted the Type 1 layout. Brazil contained the last factory in the world that produced the T2 series of Type 2, which ceased production on 31 December , due to the introduction of more stringent safety regulations in the country. It has similarities in concept to the s Rumpler Tropfenwagen and s Dymaxion car by Buckminster Fuller , neither of which reached production. Pon visited Wolfsburg in , intending to purchase Type 1s for import to the Netherlands, where he saw a Plattenwagen , an improvised parts-mover based on the Type 1 chassis, and realized something better was possible using the stock Type 1 pan.

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I felt like a child, giddy with excitement as though waking up on my birthday. The delivery driver — who seemed just as excited as I was — showed me around, pointing out the quirks of this old vehicle. This included how the windshield opens, how the air vents in from the roof, and how one must manually remove the wipers from their resting position before turning them on, lest they break. Mostly, we just fawned over this piece of history, despite its faults.

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Sold by. Unlike other rear engine Volkswagens, which evolved constantly over time but never saw the introduction of all-new models, the Transporter not only evolved, but was completely revised periodically with variations retrospectively referred to as versions "T1" to "T5" a nomenclature only invented after the introduction of the front-drive T4 which replaced the T3. Havent taken it out of the box and makes a nice display piece" Read more. Gift tags group items on your list. Please try again. Rudge wheels. These were a limited edition model to mark the final production of T2 models in Europe. Golf VI. The construction ws good too. Three further Euro 6 Adblue diesel power-plants with 84ps, ps and ps are also offered. From the model year, with its wider rear door, the rear corner windows were discontinued, making the latter two the window and window respectively. Tiguan II. New Beetle Convertible.

Then again, minivan is just another name, one of dozens of appellations that Volkswagen itself and the many fans of the Transporter around the world have used to refer to it.

Retrieved 19 May In the United States, the Corvair -based Chevrolet Corvan cargo van and Greenbrier passenger van adopted the use of the rear-engine layout of the Corvair car in the same manner that the Type 2 had used the rear-engine layout of the Type 1, using the Corvair's horizontally opposed, 6 cylinder air-cooled engine for power. The and later window variants each carry the nickname "Samba" or in Australia, officially "Alpine". The Type 2 was meant to be officially named the Bully, but Heinrich Lanz , producer of the Lanz Bulldog farm tractor, intervened. Stricter emissions regulations introduced by the Brazilian government for forced a shift to a flexible-fuel water-cooled engine [ citation needed ] able to run on petrol or alcohol. The early versions of the T1 until were often called the "Barndoor" [16] [17] retrospectively called T1a since the s , owing to the enormous rear engine cover, while the later versions with a slightly modified body the roofline above the windshield is extended , smaller engine bay, and 15" roadwheels instead of the original 16" ones are nowadays called the T1b again, only called this since the s, based on VW's retrospective T1, 2, 3, 4 etc. Main article: Chicken tax. Classic muscle car styles from an era where Muscle was King. Splitscreen and Bay. Polo VI. Freedom on four wheels A van for adventure, your home on the road, a collector's item.