Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, and man of VW's period competitors tried to emulate their sucess with the transporter. Even Chrysler is a modern day hanger-on, claiming to have invented the minivan (VW 1949), and claiming to have invented the double-door (VW 1953).
1957 GoliathA rip-off of the VW bus. It had a 2-cylinder engine mounted under the front seat. The floor was wood, and the body behind the cab was aluminum.
Nissan BusA Japanese van converted to look like a Bus. It is available for import from Japan to Canada for $14,900. Found at website for JnS Imports.
1946 CHENARD AND WALCKER 'COV'ANGUS WHITEHEAD
SPLITTY AT 1945 MOTOR SHOW IN PARIS
DEVELOPED DURING THE WAR THIS VAN WAS FIRST SHOWN AT THE APRIL 1945 MOTOR SHOW IN PARIS,AND BUILT WITH A SERIES OF PEUGEOT ERNGINES UNTIL 1950 WHEN THE COMPANY WER TAKEN OVER BY PEUGEOT. tHE MODEL THEN BECAME THE D3 SERIES, THEN THE D4 SERIES UNTIL THE MID SIXTIES WHEN THE VAN WAS SUPERCEEDED BY THE
PEUGEOT J7
Chevrolet Sport Van 108Although it's not a Bus - here's a few pics of a 1967 Chevrolet 108 1/2 ton van (the 108 is in reference to the wheelbase) - between 1965-70, GM actually produced a breadloaf of their own right after sales of the Corvair van (or Corvan) dwindled. At the same time, both FoMoCo and Chrysler produced their own 'breadloaf' vans (Econoline and the A100) using the driveline from their respective compacts (Chevy II, Valiant, Falcon). After 1970 (1968 for Ford), the 'breadloaf' van faded and it was replaced with a truck-like version using the underpinnings from a pickup truck.
Barkas B 1000mas
Iraqi bus/bus clone import?DKW F 1000
DKW Schnelllaster DKW SchnelllasterFADISA This one is not a Romeo 2, but a Spanish-built Fadisa
Fiat Multiplafiat multipla Lancia Jolly
Corvair Rampside PickupFord Transit 1961Peugeot D3A Lieferwagen
1963 Mercedes 319
1951 Tempo Matadorsacado de VintageBus.comsrc="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">