Talk:Volkswagen Type 2 (T3)

Weights!!
Always specify weights in vehicle articles. It's a straight forward factoid that's very relevant. 85.83.19.103 (talk) 18:00, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Added. I added lb convert. Telecine Guy (talk) 01:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Cleanup?
'The page is flagged as needing cleanup, but the tasks here are all about adding photos. Is the cleanup warning still merited?'


 * Has been removed. - I have add many of the missing refs.Telecine Guy (talk) 01:53, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Volkswagen Type 2, generation T3
Edit for incorrect info: this article has nothing to do with the type 2 or type 3 vw. A type 2 vw is the bus up until the mid 1970's and the type 3 vw is a squareback, fastback and notchback. The bus from the mid 1970's up was then the type 4 on into the vanagon. This article has good info on the vanagon the author just has no clue on which type is what. -- 66.151.63.2 on the page.


 * The generations of Volkswagen Bus and Volkswagen Transporter are called T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5. That's where the T3 in the title come from, not from the Volkswagen Type 3 that is a completely different car.


 * I have in several places seen this T3 generation be called Type 2. And it is a natural successor of the T1 and T2 generations of the Volkswagen Type 2. I have even in some occations seen the T4 and the T5 generations be called Type 2. --Boivie 06:37, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Volkswagen Type 4 is also a completely different car. But the engine from Type 4 was used in the bus from 1972. --Boivie 08:27, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

The designation "Type 2" refers to the entire VW bus/van line. The Type 2, T1 split window bus was the first. The Type 2, T2 bay window bus came in 1968. The Type 2, T25 Vanagon/Transporter came in 1980. They're all "Type 2". --66.159.199.231 16:47, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I removed the Repair Tips section. It doesn't belong in an Encyclopedia. Jonathan Karlsson 19:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Could someone check up on the enginecodes? I just added a host of 1.9 litre variants described in my Haynes manual, but it doesn't mention the "DH" engine code as a previous person has stated exists. Is it wrong? should it possibly be "GW" instead?

Also, wasn't even a 50hp 1600 aircooled availiable early on in the production run? tilstad 30.1.2007
 * A 60bph 1600 was the standard engine in the Type 2 from 1971 to 1983, at least in the UK. 81.96.244.255 (talk) 11:41, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Telecine Guy (talk) 02:29, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * You are correct the very early van's, the first units came with either the 50hp 1600cc (the CT) or a 70hp 2000cc (the CU). Both under powered for the heavy van. Quickly move to the 914 engine CT.
 * The CT engine is configured like a Type 1 engine. Its fan, which sits flat behind the engine, strongly resembles the Type 3/Type 4 fan. Also this engine is fitted with hydraulic tappets that correspond to the Type 4. It found in Van '80-'85. The engine number is stamped under the casing exhaust.

still in production
Does Volkswagen still make the vanagon? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.99.15.253 (talk) 17:59, 13 March 2007 (UTC).


 * No, Production	May 1979–June 2002

The final VW T3 Microbus came off the production line, after being built at the Uitenhage plant for more than 20 years. The final Volkswagen T3 Microbus came off the production line on Friday, after being built at the Uitenhage plant for more than 20 years. It was a gold-painted Microbus 2,6i. So popular was the T3 Microbus that it became part of local motoring folklore – even the name "Kombi" has for many become a generic term for any minibus. More than 265 000 of these vehicles have been built in South Africa. http://www.carmag.co.za/news/goodbye-gus/

More international info
The current article is a bit US-centric. For example, the T25 was introduced to the UK in late 1979 rather than 1980 and available in a slew of different models (pickups, buses and the numerous motorcaravan conversions), which are not really represented here. I've added to the existing information on engines, but I think there needs to be some detail on the various versions produced internationally (specifically Brazil and South Africa where VW factories are still in production). 81.96.244.255 (talk) 12:02, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Good feedback. Brazil and South Africa have been added. I add missing name info : Kombi in South Africa, Kampeerauto in Netherlands, Combi  in France. Telecine Guy (talk) 02:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Information on Type 2 trucks?
Type 2 had truck models as well, which aren't mentioned once on the page. I don't at this point know how to edit a wiki page up to wikipedia standards, but a google search of volkswagen truck history turned up this http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C90826/. If no one gets to this soon i'll stop being lazy and do some research and update the page. Milky the brown cow (talk) 06:11, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


 * T25 is a British colloquialism and is utterly invalid. T stands for transporter, not type. So it is a Type 2... there are subtypes, and all T3s are Type 25, with subsubtypes eg 25x. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.80.123.4 (talk) 20:04, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

2.5i Caravelle – old shape
2.5i Caravelle – old shape

Does the VW 2.5i Kombi/Caravelle/Microbus come in the old body shape models? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.208.40.36 (talk) 18:22, 29 January 2011 (UTC)


 * See
 * https://www.autodealer.co.za/south-africa/used-cars/thumbs/1994-Volkswagen-Caravelle-3971-476423_1_big.jpeg
 * https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fb1uRdfLF00/hqdefault.jpg

Front was a bit different. Telecine Guy (talk) 16:55, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Designer?
Who was the designer of the vehicle? The shape, lines, etc are all very distinctive, did this person design anything else? 82.27.76.223 (talk) 01:37, 6 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Design work started on the T3 in 1973. The VW group Chairman, Rudolf Leiding told board meeting on the December 4, 1973 that the 3rd generation Transporter start with a rear-engined. In September 1974 Gustav Mayer, lead of the engineering team, showed the first prototype. The VW code name was EA162, and first produced started in Hannover in May 1979 the T25 to become Volkswagen's replacement for the Bay Window Type 2 van. VW sold the van in several variants including the Transporter, Caravelle, Vanagon, Double and Single Cab, and Multivan. The Type 25 was versatile vehicle, used as camper, postal and army, medical, airport and more. The first units came with either the 50hp 1600cc unit (the CT) or a 70hp 2000cc (the CU). Both under powered for the heavy van. Next was the 914 engine, 1.6 L (1584 cc) or 2.0 L (1970 cc), and then moving to water cooled. Telecine Guy (talk) 02:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)