VW Bus and Pick-Up: Special Models


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Since its introduction in 1950 the Volkswagen Transporter has become legendary for its versality and adaptability to many commercial uses. Known originally as Sonderausfhrungen, abbreviated to SO, these Special Models were usually converted by specialists, companies and coachbuilders approved by VW. Using archive, promotional materials and period and contemporary photographs, this book traces the development and variety of these SO and other Special Body conversions from 1950 - 2010, across the five generations from T1 to T5.




VW Type 2 Transporter


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A highly illustrated look at the inside story of the first version of the iconic VW Transporter or ‘Split Screen’.




VW Transporter and Microbus Specification Guide 1967-1979


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This comprehensive guide is the first one to tell the whole story of the Volkswagen Bay-Window Transporter, produced from 1967 - 1979. This new paperback edition deals with the Transporter's development, its technical evolution, the model codes, the specification detail changes, the factory fitted M-codes and Transporter export.Using this book, Bus enthusiasts can crack the codes of their own specific vehicle, to find out the factory-fitted specifications like paint and trim colours, engine and transmission types, and even the date of manufacture, model and destination code.The first guide to tell the whole story of the VW Bay-Window Transporter. The photographs took over three years to collect from Volkswagen archives resulting in an invaluable source of crucial information for restoration. Superbly illustrated with 470 colour photographs. Vincent Molenaar and Alexander Prinz are keen experts on Bay-Window buses.




Original VW Bus


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A comprehensive guide to original factory specification and equipment of VW Split-screen and Bay-window transporters. 265 photographs of 25 vehicles from Germany, the UK and the USA illustrate not only the people carriers but the many variations panel van, pick-up truck, double-cab pick-up and highroof panel van.




VW Bus


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VW Bus: Camper, Bus, Van, Pick-up & Wagon Malcolm BobbittThe full and fascinating story of the Volkswagen Bus from the earliest split-screen types through the bay window models to the later generation vehicles. Filled with development history, technical appraisal, variants, customized buses, production figures and specs, plus a listing of clubs and specialists. Hdbd., 8x 9 3/4, 16 pgs., 143 b&w ill., 27 color.




Volkswagen Bus, Camper, Van Performance Portfolio 1968-1979


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This Volkswagen Bus, Camper, Van Performance Portfolio: 1968-1979 is a collection of 45 original articles compiled from the pages of Autocar, Car Life, Eastern Daily Press, Fast Lane, Foreign Car Guide, Motor, Motor Life, Motor Trend, Popular Imported Cars, and Road & Track. The information collected in these reprinted articles includes 15 road tests, plus specifications, touring and long-term reports.Models included in this Volkswagen Bus, Camper, Van compilation: 1968-1979 VW Kombi VW Landmark VW Microbus VW Pickup VW Transporter




Volkswagen T4 1990-2003


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Here, Volkswagen enthusiast and prolific author Richard Copping examines, for the first time, the complete story of the T4 from the Transporter concept originated forty years before its presence at VW's Hanover factory, through its development period and full production life. Topics covered include: the background story 1949-1990; design concept to production in the 1980s; full analysis of the T4's specifications; face-lifted Caravelles and Multivans from 1996 onwards; petrol- and diesel-aspirated engines including the VR6, V6 and 2.5 litre TDI; the T4 story in the USA - the Euro Van and finally camping conversions. The complete story of the Volkswagen T4, produced between 1990 and 2003 and the first book in the English language to have been written, illustrated and published solely about the T4, beautifully illustrated with 300 colour photographs - a sparkling mixture of archive and modern-day imagery.




Volkswagen Bus


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VW Bus (Type 2 Transporter)


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This text presents a heavily illustrated history of VW's charismatic and popular Type 2 "Transporter" from the early "split-screen" era through the "bay window" models to the last generation.




VW Bus


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Is there any job that the VW bus hasn''t done? Fire engine, ambulance, snow-plough, mobile home, shop, cement mixer, school bus. The list is endless and although critics call it ugly, many owners and fans know different.'