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VW Transporter and Microbus

Specification Guide 1967-1979

by Vincent Molenaar & Alexander Prinz

The range of activity gives it the name: Transporter. It is the originator of a new vehicle class.

Like the Split Screen, the new Bay Window Bus got very popular all over the world. During the 12 years of production in Germany, the Bay Window is the most built VW-Bus ever. In times of political pressure between east and west, the T2 Kombi became an icon of a peaceful and freethinking culture. The production of the legend still carries on in Brazil.

This comprehensive guide is the first one, telling the whole story about the Volkswagen Bay Window Transporter, produced from 1967 to 1979. It deals with the development, going back to the T1 and Pen Pon’s idea, his technical evolution, the model codes, the specification detail changes, the factory fitted m-codes and the Transporter export.  

By enlisting the assistance of this publication, Bus enthusiasts can crack the codes of their own specific vehicles, to find out the factory fitted specifications like paint and trim colours, engine and transmission types and optional equipment. Even the  date of manufacture and the model and destination code.

Including 470 photographs and 128 sides, this book makes the changes in design and styling over the years more visible. Not only photographs of Buses in former times will be shown, even of Transporters as they still are today.

The authors set great store by illustrating the whole range of special models including those of police, fire-brigade, ambulance, money transporters, campers and the Transporters at work, showing commercially used ones.

Buses produced outside Germany, especially in Brazil, are going to be presented in a separate chapter.

It took more than 3 years to collect all the informations and photographs from the manufacturer, Bus enthusiasts world wide and special VW Bus or air-cooled meetings all over Europe.

The result of this report may help you scrutinising the originality of your Bay Window and can give you an idea for a planned restoration or invite you to a fascinating travel through the times of the late 60s and early 70s of the last century.  

296 x 210mm

128 pages

470 colour photographs

ISBN  1 86126 765 7

Hardback

 © 2005-2007 copyright by Alexander Prinz

 last update 2005-11-13