kscarbel2 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles / March 8, 2020 It's March 8, 1950, the first Type 2 (aka. Transporter, Bulli) rolls off the assembly line and a cult model is born... Today, we celebrate 70 years of the Transporter production! And we break records: our van is the longest built commercial vehicle in the world. Seventy years ago, the world's bestseller took to the road - to date, the first model has been followed by more than 13 million others in six generations. Companies trust it and families drive safely through everyday life. What was new at the time, is now indispensable. We say: Happy Birthday, "Bulli bus"! . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/61387-volkswagen-transporter-turns-70/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Guess n many a gal lost it in a hippy van LOL WotSezU? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/61387-volkswagen-transporter-turns-70/#findComment-445012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I remember quite a few mom and pop grocery stores, hardware stores and business used them. The early one did serve a good purpose and inexpensively too. The VW lost the charm when the Ford, GM and Dodge vans appeared. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/61387-volkswagen-transporter-turns-70/#findComment-445102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 General Motors copied their sliding van door design from Volkswagen. I know the dealer who provided GM engineers with a VW bus. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/61387-volkswagen-transporter-turns-70/#findComment-445113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrybarbon Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 The designers were very clever the way they stamped the V into the front panel and the indented reverse of the V is the outline of the W. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/61387-volkswagen-transporter-turns-70/#findComment-445125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I always thought the old pickups were neat. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/61387-volkswagen-transporter-turns-70/#findComment-445129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrybarbon Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 And they made them 4WD, some are still running about in Aust, rare and people are keeping them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/61387-volkswagen-transporter-turns-70/#findComment-445133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrutch Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Saw plenty of those pickups in late summer of last year, was still recovering from surgery and dad came by to make me go to some antique VW show at some park, then that's when we went on to check out the all Mack junkyard I took a ton of pics of. Only VW I got a picture of was one of the "Bachelor Cab" pickups... basically a half cab with only a drivers seat, and where the other side of the cab would normally be was replaced by extra bed space. I'll see if I can't dig up the picture out of my album... Haven't found my picture yet but I did find this video of it at that very same show: Edited March 12, 2020 by CaptainCrutch Quote Who needs a back yard when you could have a Yard?! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/61387-volkswagen-transporter-turns-70/#findComment-445136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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