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Pritschenwagen from 1953.Owner Roger Lundberg,Sweden( pic GuteFahrt)

1952 kombiwagen from USA.(pic Gute Fahrt)

1967 Doppelkabine (photo Hans-Jurgen Liecks) Gute Fahrt

This is one is one of the last in T1 series.Color L512? tell me...

1963 Kombiwagen in southern Finland.Front axles maybe taken off...this one is going to bus heaven...(photo from Gute Fahrt).

Barndoor Kastenwagen 1953.The car is mostly down rusted and is not salvageable.Stands near Boraas in Sweden.(Photo Alexander Kihl)

Großraum Kastenwagen and a split pick-up prior to 1965,and a baywindow T2 on the right.It is sad to see these babies rusting down to never wake up again...:-( (pic from www.Typ2-klubben.com)

Above: 1963 Kastenwagen in Finland at a local scrapyard.

(GuteFahrt)

1956 Kastenwagen with home made windows.Abandoned and left for nature to take care of.(GuteFahrt)

1960-(?) Kastenwagen R.I.P. (www.typ2-klubben.com)

Kleinbus 1965 which has stopped once and 4ever.Someone has taken her eyes,too. Also there were a big wasps nest inside the car...so the photographer might have run for his life.(www.typ2-klubben.com) JM

Same bus as on the main page.(photo Reine Hedberg)

1952 or 53 barndoors outside Boraas,Sweden.These are not much worth saving.(Photo Alexander Kihl,www.typ2-klubben.com

Did You Know?

1.how many barndoor buses were imported to Finland in 1950?

2.What is the size (cc) of first engine used in VW bus and how many horses gave it?

3.Which year was the first Type 2 presented for public?

4.What is the nick-name for split bus in Finland?

5.When was the bay window introduced?

6.When was the last splittie ever built?I can tell you it is NOT 1967!

Look more downwards on this page and check the results...

Answers:1: one

2:1200,and 1131cc with 25 hp

3.1949

4.Junakeula (means front of a train.)

5. august 1967

6.1976,made in South Africa for local market and fitted with 1600 engine.

Here we'll include some fun facts that we learned during our trip.

There's a "Sunset Celebration" every night in Mallory Square in Key West. Locals and tourists gather to eat, drink, buy crafts, listen to street musicians, and watch the sun sink into the Gulf of Mexico.