Another name for camper versions of the VW Transporter . For whatever reasons, this term seems to have been dropped for the Vanagons , except in Canada.
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Anti-Locking Braking System. a computerized method of helping to prevent wheel skid/lock-up during braking. it does not prevent spins, nor does it allow you to stop in a s...
Air Flow Meter. the silver box next to the air cleaner box on the fuel injection model buses . it measured the volume of air entering the intake system, and allow...
Special model of the bus , based on the Standard bus , first available in 1951. The most notable feature was the smaller engine lid than the previous Barndoors , ...
( Automotive Services Inc. ) A U.S.-based camper conversion company out of Washington state. Manufactured a Vanagon camper conversion called the Riviera with a st...
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 e...
Another name for the buses made from 1968-1979. So called for the large single-piece windshield.
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Historical mailing list · Mon, 10 Jun 1996 10:27:21 -0600
Hi I just bought a '79 Campmobile, but there wasn't a Campmobile Owner's Manuals. The 2nd battery was dead and disconnected, anybody...
Historical mailing list · Thu, 5 Jan 95 10:45:09 MST
...All I know is that the original tag in mine says WESTFALIA-WERKE CAMPMOBILE -- Todd R. Schroeder | Without vision, a people perish. todds@sunnet...
Historical mailing list · Thu, 5 Jan 1995 13:10:23 -0500
same with mine (which is a 73'), still not too hot on the term "campmobile" though. my 65' westy has the "campmobile" sticker on...
