RICHARD COPPING
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Before the third-generation Transporter 1949-79
2 From dsign concept to production 1973-79
3 The third-generation Transporter
4 Air-cooled, diesel and water-cooled engines
5 Increasing luxury and an off-road dimension
6 Third-generation Campers
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
It has taken some time for Volkswagen's third-generation Transporter to gain the iconic status freely awarded to the first-generation 'Splittie' and its successor, the 'Bay'. Now, however, the T3, also variously called the T25, 'Wedge' or [less flatteringly] the 'Brick', is well and truly established as part of the classic VW scene. In part, this has been down to the soaring prices and limited availability of the earlier models, but perhaps too the T3 has finally been recognized as a worthy successor to those venerable classics, and maybe even cherished as the last of the air-cooled Volkswagens.
Topics covered:
Background story, 1949-1979
Design concept to production, 1973-1979
Full analysis of the T3's specifications
Air-cooled, diesel and water-cooled engines
Four-wheel-drive and luxury passenger-carrying models
Camping conversions