Monday, July 1

29-Window VW Type 2







The year on these is irrelevant. Aside from the place they've carved out for themselves in the American cultural landscape, Type 2 Transporters aren't overly interesting. This one, however, seems to have the top 18" of a smaller van grafted onto the top of it, which has crudely-installed windows that function as a clerestory with an acrylic bubble skylight to top the whole thing off. The baseball shifter, Celtic knot and obligatory Dead decals round the package out nicely.

Berkeley, CA
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Posted by Bill Stengel at 4:30 AM

11 comments:

  1. Clerestory, not "clearstory", jeez!

    I wonder what the donor van was?

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    1. aaaand another few seconds of poking around Merriam-Webster & I've got egg on my face. "Clearstory" is an acceptable variation. Apologies for the pedantry.

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    2. Misspelling noted and corrected, Mr.Presley.

      I've been trying to figure out what the donor was as well. Any ideas?
      The rain gutter indicates that it wasn't a home-brewed concoction, and it feels as if what is now is the back was formerly the front of whatever vehicle it came off of.

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    3. I changed it and I'm sticking to the weirder spelling!
      Thanks!

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    4. Maybe some kind of little Euro van thing that you see here ever so rarely, or possibly a kei truck? Beyond that, I got nothin'.

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    5. Midcentury Euro delivery something or other was my initial thought.

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  2. Something about Xzibit putting a camper van in your camper van or something

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    1. YO DAWG!
      We heard you like camping, so we put a camper on your camper so you can camp while you camp!

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  3. Resembles a Subaru 360 microvan on top.

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  4. Just spotted this bus yesterday in SF on Fulton & Park Presidio by Golden Gate Park!

    I may have contracted tetanus just from looking.

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