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voltz Seriously Crusin Dubber

119 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#234427
Im in the habit of calling all VW vans 'Kombi's'. I realise there are transporters,microbuses,vanagons etc.
I now own an 82 Vanagon (T3), what is best way to refer to this in further posts to avoid confusion, is it still considered a "Kombi' ?
Thanks for your help
Regards

karmen Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,648 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#235816
put up a pic
is it a camper?
been interested and owned a few splitties in my younger days
but i call emm Kombi/ whatever.... in ur case VW Kombi Vanagon
Karmen
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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#235963
what you have is what you rightly referred to as a T3.
a splitty ('50 to '67) is a T1, but nearly everyone calls them a splitty.
a bay window is a T2 or a type 2, but commonly referred to as a bay.
a T3 can also be referred to as a vanagon, caravelle, or is referred to by some people as a Wedge.
after that comes the T4, and now the T5.
all are referred to as a Kombi, but none have been officially been titled "Kombi" from the factory until the current model of T4.

I hope this confuses you more. 🙂 😉