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Cool van.
What I can't understand is why VW built this instead of just supplying type 2s? It doesn't seem to offer any real advantage. Unless they did it to sell smaller vans to a customer who wasn't prepared to pay the extra for a standard van. (Sounds odd but there is some logic there).
What I can't understand is why VW built this instead of just supplying type 2s? It doesn't seem to offer any real advantage. Unless they did it to sell smaller vans to a customer who wasn't prepared to pay the extra for a standard van. (Sounds odd but there is some logic there).
frid70 said:
I'll put some more pics up soon, the plans are over winter, to strip the paint off and re do it, take the v6 lump out the back and put a new main seal in, and while it's out freshen up the engine and engine bay 
Very cool, I don't really know much about these although have always been into aircooled VW's. Are they based on a beetle floorpan or more like a type 2?frid70 said:
as ricola said its based on a karmann ghia floorpan, headlights are karmanns, steering wheel is split beetle, and various other parts are pretty much 1 off
No disrespect but VW took one of the prettiest cars ever made and did that too it!Almost the definition of turning a silk purse into a sow's ear
It may be ugly but it's still a cool van.
CDP said:
No disrespect but VW took one of the prettiest cars ever made and did that too it!
Almost the definition of turning a silk purse into a sow's ear
It may be ugly but it's still a cool van.
It was commisioned for the German Post Office, so I don't think winning a beauty contest was on the top of the list when designing the car. I've always loved the look of them. Almost the definition of turning a silk purse into a sow's ear
It may be ugly but it's still a cool van.
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