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Re: [T3] Stupid Question...


On 12 Nov 98, at 13:18, Robert Braun wrote:

>  just got through talking with a gentleman who referred to  a vw bus
> as a "type three bus" after I politely corrected him he proceeded to
> tell me that all '70 and after busses had "pancake or type III
> engines..." not standard or "upright"

I'm not a bus expert, but someone on this list once corrected me to 
say that busses, while categorized as type 2s by VW were also divided 
into different generations which were called T1, T2, and T3.  In this 
case the T stands for Transporter, not type.  So there are no type 3 
busses, but there ARE T3 busses.  I don't know when the generations 
changed.

The pancake engine used in busses was a type 4 engine, never a type 
three engine, and was introduced in 72.  The older style of engine 
continued to be sold in other markets long after that, but was not 
sold in type 2s in the US after 71.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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