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Re: [T3] T3s and crazy vanagon owners


Just as I would have said it myself! T1, T2, T3, T4 means Transporter 1,
Transporter 2 etc. This is often confused, so a type3 is a type3, but a T3 is a
Vanagon, or Caravelle as they are named in Europe.

PerL
73 t3
87 T3

Jeff Kitterman wrote:

> My understanding of it is thusly:
>
> A Type 2 is a bus. A Type 3 is a, well, Type 3. The T1, T2, T3, and T4 don't
> refer to TYPE, just the generation of the "bus". For example: A type 2 T1 is
> a 1950-67 splitty bus. A type 2 T2 is a 1968-79 bay window bus. A type 2 T3
> is a 1980-91 Vanagon. And the type 2 T4 is a Eurovan. Although I don't think
> VW considers the Eurovan (or the Vanagon for that matter) a "Type 2"
> anymore, I think the T1-4 is kind of a informal designation that us bus nuts
> put on our beloved vehicles.
>
> FWIW,
>
> Jeff
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Glavas [mailto:csglavas@netscape.net]
> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 12:13 PM
> > To: type3@vwtype3.org
> > Subject: [T3] T3s and crazy vanagon owners
> >
> >
> > Remember the car-o-scopes?
> >
> > Well, I own a T2 and was wondering about tires and stuff for it.  So I did
> > some research there.  I came across this link (look at the title):
> > http://www.hrps.demon.nl/jwbus/T2-tires.htm
> >
> > Turns out, the (no offense) vw-historically challenged Vanagon
> > owners think
> > they own "T3s."  I guess, since T2s are buses, then it follows
> > that Vanagons,
> > the next generation, should be called "T3s."  Oops.
> >
> > That's why they all kept selecting "Type III" for the car-o-scope
> > when in all
> > actuality, they owned something, yeck, "watercooled."  How's that
> > for useless
> > trivia?
> >
> > Hasta,
> >
> > Steve
> > Proud owner of the Original Type 3.
> >
> >
> >
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