The Vanagon Dictionary

Pump that sprays water to clean windshield

• windshield
• washer
• pump

Roof support metal on either side of front windshield

• roof
• windshield

Windshield wipers designed for reduced noise and improved performance at high speeds

• wipers
• windshield

Rubber blades that wipe the windshield clean

• vanagon
• t25
• wipers

Relay controlling the interval of the windshield wipers

• wipers
• electrical

Nickname for 1949-1967 VW Transporter with a two-piece divided windshield

• bus
• vw

a component that powers the windshield wipers

• wiper
• motor

Another name for the buses made from 1968-1979. So called for the large single-piece windshield.

Term referring to VW Type II vehicles with a divided front windshield, manufactured before 1968

• bus
• vw

Any Volkswagen Transporter from 1980-1991, distinguished by squarer body contours and extremely large windows and windshield. Also known as T3 Transporters , or Caravelle.

A type of front windshield that tilts outward for additional ventilation. found only on Microbuses , and usually only on on those in equatorial/tropic countries.

Buses made before mid-1955, whose major characteristics are the oversized engine lid and the lack of a rear cargo hatch. These also did not have the ventilation eyebrow above the windshield/windscreen.

Any Volkswagen Transporter of any model and any year. Specifically those VW Transporters from 1968 to 1979, distinquished by a large one-piece windshield and rounded body contours. all had double-jointed independent rear suspension. also called T2 Transporter .

Any Volkswagen Transporter from 1949 to 1967, characterized by a split (two-piece) windshield and rounded body contours. all were powered by beetle Type 1 engines and all had 'reduction gears' on the half-axles. known also as T1 Transporters . This term is also used by VW SA for the present 5 Cyl. (Vanagon-style) van without exclusive options.