VW Bus and Pick-Up: Special Models
SO (Sonderausfuehrungen) and Special Body Variants for the VW Transporter 1950-2010
Published on 25. July 2011
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-84797-276-7 (ISBN)
Description
Since its introduction in 1950 the Volkswagen Transporter has become legendary for its versality and adaptability to many commercial uses. Known originally as Sonderausfuehrungen, abbreviated to SO, these Special Models were usually converted by specialists, companies and coachbuilders approved by VW.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
700 colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 304 mm
Width: 222 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1064 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84797-276-7 (9781847972767)
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An English teacher for thirty-four years, David Eccles has been passionate about the VW Bus since taking one to India and back in 1976. Since 2000 he has been the Editor of VW Camper and Commercial magazine and he has also authored four previous VW Bus specification and lifestyle books. Michael Steinke has owned twenty-eight different VW Buses of all generations and types of conversions, and driven more than 1.2 million kilometres in them. Interested in the history of the VW Transporter, he began to build up the archives of Classic Volkswagen Transporters in his home town Frankfurt, Germany.