Just after the Second World War the origin of bus in Volkswagen type 2 began, it was first produced in the factory of VW situated in Wolfsburg in Germany. The van which was based on beetle by the inspiration of the trolleys which was motorized and used to move things around the factory is the base for the Campervan vehicle in Volkswagen. These vehicles looked just like a box which is kept over the wheels.
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Production of Volkswagen campervan;
The first vehicle which was manufactured by VW in this range was the VW van. At the first stage, only ten vehicles were manufactured per day. After this for the next forty years the design did not change and over five million vehicles were manufactured.
The various models:
• 1949 – 1967: The first generation of VW campervan was in the form of screens that were split. They also had a front v-line. They had an air cooled engine in the rear which was reliable and simple.
• 1950: VW invented microbus and they also had the two tone paint which was famous.
• 1951: In the year 1951 they manufactured a van with development named Westphalia. These campervan of VW became very popular with addition of various features had a dash board that was long along with the clock and radio and the body had a chrome trim.
• 1952: The invention of single cab pickup was brought into market
• 1954: The size of the engine increased
• 1958: In the year 1958 the pickup of double cab was introduced
• 1960: The trucks with pickups that had wide-bed was available when there is an order that is made specially and in this time the production of high roof delivery van was in use.
• 1963: In this era the size of the engine increased and the side door that was sliding came into use.
Design of Volkswagen campervan:
The design of the transporter of VW is unique; these vehicles had a benefit of rear seats. These seats can be removed if it is needed to transport loads that are huge. As the design of the vehicle was simple VW was able to produce 90 various combinations of the body in the duration of first five years. The vehicles in these variations is inclusive of fire engines, mobile grocers, beer wagons, ice cream vans which are refrigerated, pick-ups, ambulances, shops such as mobile butchers, mobile grocers, buses etc…