Type 2 Books
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Cover	Title - Author - Publisher	Comments	ISBN
Repair Manuals
	Owner's Service Manual Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft	1964 Repair and Maintenance of the Split Bus
	VW Service Manual Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft	Repair and Maintenance of the 1968-1970 Type 2
	Bay Window Bus Bentley Manual 1979, 4th revision	Factory manual	0-8376-0094-4
	Volkswagen Owner's Service Manual Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	Includes information for Beetle, Ghia, and Type 2
	Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	1961 Edition
	Volkswagen Transporter 1954-67 Autobook Kenneth Ball AutoPress LTD	Good all-around manual	0 85147 134 X
	Volkswagen Transporter 1968-71 Autobook Kenneth Ball AutoPress LTD	Good all-around manual
	Autobook #733 By Kenneth Ball 1600cc-1700cc 1968-1973	This is the same content as the 68-71 Kenneth Ball/Autopress book, updated in 1973 to add 2 years with a new cover. Good all-around book with useful illustrations.	0 85147 381 4
	Volkswagen Transporter Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	1962 and earlier models
	Volkswagen Transporter Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	Good all-around manual, could use more pictures.
	Volkswagen Transporter Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	1961 and earlier models
	Volkswagen Transporter Owner's Handbook David Vincent Clymer Publications	Revised edition, covers all Type 2
	VW Transporter, 1961-1979 Shop Manual Eric Jorgensen Clymer Publications	Sixth Edition. Better than nothing. Well illustrated.	0-89287-277-2
	Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Series 1200-1600 Shop Manual	Covers buses up to '71. Spotty info on some subjects, excellent on others. Good all-around manual.
	Volkswagen Service Repair Handbook, Transporter 1961-1974 Eric Jorgensen Clymer Publications	Good general book, could use more specifics.
	VW Transporter Owner's Workshop Manual Autobooks Team Booklands Books, Limited	Reprint of Volkswagen Transporter Autobook above	1 85520 1976
	VW Transporter 1972 -1979 Haynes
	Volkswagen Workshop Manual Scientific Publications Scientific Publications	1971. Great Australian technical manual, many exploded diagrams.	85566-0295
	Volkswagen Workshop Manual Scientific Publications Scientific Publications	Series 1200, 1500, 1600, 1954-1972, Great Australian technical manual, many exploded diagrams.	85566-0295
	36 hp and 40 hp VW Tranporters Scientific Publications Scientific Publications	1967, Australian
	Intereurope Repair Manual for Transporter, 1967-1979	Lots of useful photos and diagrams	0-85666-038-8
	Wilson's Book of Caravans Wilson Unknown, 1972 additional photos:	Listing of Campers available in 1972 Provided by Andre
Picture/Reference/History
	VW Transporter and Microbus Specification Guide 1950-1967 David Eccles The Crowood Press		1-861260-509-3
	VW Transporter and Microbus Specification Guide 1967-1979 Vincent Molenaar and Alexander Prinz The Crowood Press		1-86126-765-7
	Volkswagen Split Screen Transporter Specification, Modification, & Optional Extras David Eccles & Alex Ellis, editors Unity Print Limited	Excellent information, this edition is out of print but the latest edition is available at the NEATO website.
	Original VW Bus Laurence Meredith Bay View Books	Excellent source of info for buses 1949 to 1979. Very good photos and descriptions of interiors, engines, paint schemes, accessories, and variants of buses. This book is a must for any serious bus fanatic.	1 870979 84 2
	Volkswagen Bus Camper Van 1954-1967 Compiled by R. M. Clarke Booklands Books Limited	Interesting compilation of articles, road tests, etc.	1 870642 21X
	VW Bus Custom Handbook Laurence Meredith Bay View Books	Good information on customizing, many color photos.	1 870979 47 8
	VW Bus Malcolm Bobbitt Veloce Publishing PLC	Good book, many photos, not much detail.	1 874105 74 X
	VW Transporter/Bus 1949-1967 Walter Zeichner Schiffer Publishing, LTD.	Many reprints of early advertising, some comparison against other period automobiles.	3-922617-09-3
	Model Commercial Vehicles Cecil Gibson The Viking Press, 1971	Toy book featuring only diecast commercial vehicles from Dinky, Matchbox, Corgi, Tekno, and many more.  Cool book for toy collectors.	670-48245-5
	VW Bus, the First 50 Years 1949-1999 Keith Seume with Michael Steinke Bay View Books		1-901432-26-2
	VW Bus Laurence Meredith Sutton Publishing Ltd.	A photographic history of transport, all black & white.	0-7509-2201-X
	VW Transporter, the Complete Story Laurence Meredith The Crowood Press		1-86126-159-4
	P. Olyslager Motor Manuals	1961 Edition
	Volkswagen Transporter The legendary Type 2, 1950-82 Laurence Meredith		1-86126-805-X
	Volkswagen Model History by Joachim Kuch		1859606458
Non Fiction Travel
	Safari for 7 Thea B. Van Halsema Baker Book House, 1967 English, hardbound, 246 pages additional photos:	Hard cover true travel story published in 1967 of a European road trip taken by a mother, father and five children during 1962 in an early 1963 Tourist Delivery Bus. Good read with pictures.	Card #67-31150 Library of Congress Catalog
	Pleasure by the Busload Emily Kimbrough Harper and Bros. additional photos:	Interesting story.
	1958 Home is a Journey by Irene Joan Marais & Louise Marais Austin Macauley Publishers, 2021 English, softbound, 198 pages	Adventure book about three brothers and three women traveling 13,500 miles through Europe and Africa in 1957-58 in their 1954 Volkswagen Kombi. Lots of VW pictures.	9781528997652

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