DAVID ECCLES
Preface
A legend is born
Cracking the codes: vehicle identification plates
Production survey
Specification detal changes month by month
Model codes: identification and numbering
Factry-fitted optional equipament (m codes)
Paint and trim colours
Transporters assembled or built overseas
Sonderausführungen: special models
Emergency service vehicles
Transporters at work
The popularity of the VW Transporter, in particular the early Split Screen models, continues to grow and it has become a cult icon. This publication brings together, for the first time, the complete history of the Split Screen Transporter from 1950 1967.
· Transporter history · Explanation of every vehicle code · Transporter production details · Month-by-month specification changes · Full listing of factory-fitted optional equipment · Comprehensive guide to paint and trim colours · Details of Transporter export and Transporters built outside Germany · Information on Special Models · Over 400 photographs
Bus enthusiasts world-wide have shared their knowledge in the compilation of this unique publication, which has taken five years to collate.