Vw Camper Years
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Vw camper years. The volkswagen type 2 known officially depending on body type as the transporter kombi or microbus or informally as the bus us or camper uk pão de forma loaf of bread portugal is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in 1950 by the german automaker volkswagen as its second car model following and initially deriving from volkswagen s first model the. In 1947 a dutch vw importer by the name of ben pon came up with an idea for a van based on the beetle. Before its invention manufacturer used stripped down vw beetles for this task. A mere two years later the concept an alternative to a cart and horse was released at geneva motor.
While nothing has truly changed everything has definitely changed. Out of this concept the first vw camper van was born. Commercial and camper conversions because of the style of the vw transporter and the fact that vw were very relaxed about 3rd party companies converting them to alternative uses there became a variety of specialist vehicles such as refrigerated vans hearses ambulances police. Vw will also debut a special edition t6 california designed in celebration of the camper van s big anniversary.
Most vw fans see the westfalia camper as the ultimate conversion. Early volkswagen split windshield kombis were built between 1950 and 1967.