A Late Bay and an prototype bay. A couple of T2's have come up for sale a couple of miles away, but they are both early bays circa 1970. They both look great, but I was wondering what the differences would be to a late bay. Thanks
Different front / rear lights. Different rear vents Different front arches Fuel filler flap Wheel pcd Drum brakes / Non-servo Different door handles ^^^ Theres a non-exhaustive list but it gives you an idea. Basically, prototypes are just not quite as good and generally more expensive! ;-)
Agree - it's a bit like if you ever learnt to make things from clay in school - the first few attempts were crapola, and I think this was our German friends approach to van design and manufacture. Once they peaked with a latebay, they gave up and let the yts kids have a go with the T25 - of course they gave them a ruler to work with first. *@zed's and @Beaver's vans are epically cool though.
The wife really likes this one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-CAMPER-/271825356570?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4a0dc71a
Late Better brakes Better steering Some have bigger cc engines Only some are tax free Early Some say better looks All tax free
Sensible owners that don't come on here ( openly ) and mix it with the kids. Rickyrooo1 scares them On a serious note. A good early is as good as a late, better than a splitty and superior to a t25.
LHD does not bother me at all. I am after a quality bus rather than one I can take through a drive through
Is it the case that if a prototype comes the other way, you both look the other way in an awkward kind of way.... or just spit out of the window at each other , to see whose wipers work better
how much space do you want inside e.g. for sleeping? Most (all?) earlies have a 3/4 R&R bed, where some lates you get full width. The front hinged roof on an early normally has just one hammock (some have a bed, but its not as big as say, the bed you get in a late westy like a berlin, helsinki etc or a viking). ^ engines - its not just about ccs.. the "later" lates have a type 4 engine (1700. 1800 or 2000) v similar to that fitted to a porsche 914, where the earlies have a type 1 (like a beetle).
That's what i wanted to hear, great advice. I can now steer the wife away, as the point of this bus is to tour in with the twins (3 yo). Thanks