#VolkswagenVan
Junkyard Find: 1971 Volkswagen Type 2 Kombi
Parked In Drive: 1968 Volkswagen Transporter Type II 'Doublecab'
Pickup trucks are a stereotypically American product, right up there with blue jeans and barbeque. The best-selling vehicle in America for the past 35 years? Ford F-Series. And the pickup truck defines our needs as a nation, maximizing towing, luggage, and passenger capacities as much as possible at the lowest possible price.
But must a pickup wear an American badge for us to consider it a proper truck?
After seeing innovative trucks like this 1968 VW Type II Transporter, you can’t help but ask, “Why must these be so rare in America?”
Junkyard Find: 1973 Volkswagen LT 28
As far as I know, the Volkswagen LT van was never sold new in the United States, and this is the first one I’ve ever seen in an American wrecking yard. At first glance, I assumed it was some sort of Grumman or specialty body on a Big Three chassis.
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