| GLOSSARY OF VOLKSWAGEN TERMS |
| Barn Door | A Barn door type 2 is a split screen van (pre 1967)
with a large engine lid and a smaller back window |
| Buba | Yugoslavians for beetle |
| Canterbury Pitt | Company who made camping convertions for the type 2 |
| Cargo Doors | Cargo doors are the two doors found at the side
of most split screen vans (pre 1967) |
| Coccinelle | French for beetle |
| Devon (not the place!) | Company who made camping convertions for the type 2 |
| Dormobile | Company who made camping convertions for the type 2 |
| Escarabajo | Spanish for beetle |
| Fleetline | Split Screen Vans built in South Africa from kits sent from Brazil in 1975
There were some 789 of these assembled in SA, 15-window Kombis, panelvans,
and wide-bodied pick-ups (very rare). They were a hodge-podge of early and
late split bus parts, with 1600DP engine with 12V alternator |
| Fusca | Brazilian for beetle |
| IDMU | Inlet Manifold De-icing Unit |
| IRS | Independent Rear Suspension |
| Kafer | German for beetle |
| Kaver | Dutch for beetle |
| Maggiolino | Italian for beetle |
| NOS | New Old Stock |
| Oval window beetle | The oval window, introduced in March 1953 and continued
until July 1957. |
| Pope's Nose | A combined number plate and stop light fitted to the beetle
from mid-1947 until september 1953. |
| SP | SP is short for Single Port |
| Type 1 | Type 1 refers to the beetle |
| Type 2 | Type 2 refers to all vw vans |
| TP | TP is short for Twin Port |
