Articles tagged with: split screen camper
ONLYAIRCOOLED asked: The split screen camper was deisgned and built originally as a small van that could transport VW Beetle parts around the Volkswagen factory. It was only later that the vans grew in popularity as both a works van and a leisure vehicle. It was only a lot later that the splittie exploded in popularity dring the sixties that owners started to use them more as leisure vehicoles rather than minibuses or transporters and a result various companies such as Devon, or Westfalia kitted them out with camping interiors.The large …
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Bay Window Campers had “improvements” over pre-67 Split Screen or Spliltee Campers.
These were:
Larger and higher bay window
12 volt electrics
Improved suspension and handling
From 1972 the type 4 1700-2000cc engines provide more power
Some models had servo brakes
The pre-67’s differ from the Bay Window Campers thus:
Expect to put up with the quirks and limitations of a 40+ year old vehicle including…
6 volt electrics
Weaker 1200-1500cc engines
Smaller and lower split windscreen
