Pix of bus-like vehicles. 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 Goliath| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 07/25/09 | Pive | In 1965 I acquired a cherry blown up '59 Goliath in Berkely CA at a foreign auto wrecker. I had a spare Olds engine/hydro out of my last race car that I transplanted in the rear of the Goliath; with the ladder frame and T&G flooring it was a piece o' cake to do the install. The Olds crossmember was used between the frame rails with about a 10" drop and a '56 Ford radiator fit between the frame rails, too. A '53 Olds rear end practically bolted up to the rear leaf springs. The driveshaft was about 8" long! With a 4.30 screw and the 3000 stall B&M torus it left hard and would just barely hike the left front. Needless to say, it blew a lot of minds! The bummer? I don't have one damn picture!
Jim Piver |
| 01/17/06 | alex | haha thats freakin awsome it looks almost just like a vw bus. |
| 12/16/05 | Jerry | Looks alot like one my family had in the late '50s and early '60s. Ours was a lot shinier...but then again, it was also 45 years newer! Ours didn't have the extra windows, tho.
I've often thought it would be fun to get another one and transplant a modern drive train into it. That little 2 cylinder 2 stroke engine wasn't robust enough to stand up to southern California driving! When I was a teenager, I thought a beefed up Olds Toronado or Cad Eldo engine + transaxle would be fun....nowadays maybe a Prius...perhaps a Suburu drive train might just drop in with only a little work...Hope someone bought this one and is having fun with it! |
| 11/19/05 | carlos hoffman | is this goliath microbus for sale?, thanks |
| 11/18/05 | CARLOS HOFFMAN | Is the goliath for sale? |
| 05/29/05 | FRED | THIS GOLIATH IS UNBELIEVEABLE! I THOUGHT I'D SEEN EVERYTHING! I'M TOTALLY AMAZED---YET SOMEHOW DUMBFOUNDED! PLEASE---YOU HAVE TO POST MORE INFO ON THIS STRANGE VEHICLE! THANKS! |
1957 Goliath| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 02/24/10 | Ivan Horban | My brother and I have a 1958 titled Goliath Express 900 van that runs and is driven down the road. It has 22K original miles and was last licensed in Oregon in 1961. With the help of the German Borgward/Goliath we believe it to be one of only 4 900 Express vans in the world and the only running one. The original 900 motor's water pump was mounted on the end of the generator. This bus has had the pump replaced by an external pump. The engine has direct Bosch fuel injection into the combustion chambers and another pump for lubrication oil.Call me if you need any assistance in getting it running. |
| 03/13/09 | robert | The constant reference to these early "lechttransporter" vans as a VW reference is really juvenile and takes away form the actual historical fact which is that Lechttransporters were a common class of vehicle in Europe from the 1930's on..way before VW did anthing. They were one of many German companies that built lightweight economical vehicles for moving goods..nothing more or less than that. |
| 01/28/08 | Ryan | Does anyone know who currently owns this 57 Goliath? Thanks |
A Nissan Bus.| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 02/13/09 | Antonio | can u buy these buses and import to us?? is there a website for the buses. looks nice.. |
1946 CHENARD AND WALCKER 'COV'| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 11/29/05 | Petrina | sorry i dont have a comment on this photo but i really need help in restoring a double decker bus and cant find anything, its pre war but it has no i.d plates so i cant even tell you what year. theres nothing i dont know where to look next, any help would be good. |
1967 Chevrolet Sport Van 108| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 01/18/05 | Thomas | These rear engine aircooled vans with corvair-type engines are actually called Greenbriers. |
Japanese Clones
VW in Mexico| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 06/21/05 | Volker | Hi there.The Kombi in the picture seems to be a Renault . |
| 08/26/04 | Josue | Thank you muchachos, you really know about cars, and thank you for telling me, it is a shame that is not a Kombi. Gracias ustedes son conocedores de carros, y gracias por aclarar esta duda. Es una lastima que no sea una combi. |
| 08/23/04 | Mike | How would anyone here know what year that thing is, it's not a Volkswagen. |
| 08/23/04 | Fernando | Hola, esa no es una combi, es mas bien una estafeta renault. |
What in the hell is this?| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 01/09/05 | Hans-Joachim Krohberger | Website about the Ford Taunus Transit FK 1000
http://www.taunus-transit.de/ |
| 08/23/04 | hans steinz | this is a Ford Taunus Transit(germany)built from the mid 50's with 1000cc or 1250cc engines.Column change 3or4speed box(horrible thing!)replacedin67-68 with english transit. |
| 08/24/04 | Eric | Well...it's an European FORD TRANSIT from the sixties
(http://www.happyhippie.be) |
| 08/19/04 | Patrick Guillemet | This is a German Ford FK 1000 (also known as Transit) made in Köln in the fifties. Ford-Germany produced a full range of these light trucks, including a camper.
http://hem.passagen.se/pretend/nyttobilar/Ford%201964%20Transit.jpg |
| 08/13/04 | VolksWoute® | That`s an old Ford |
Barkas| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 05/06/05 | vincent klokkou | could you please tell the best country to purchase a barkas van at the roght price.
thank you |
Blyth, California
Iraqi bus/bus clone import?| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 09/01/06 | rohn(psc) | yes this is old russian cars:plants where eraz and raf made were close in 1991. but you can steal buy UAZ in Russia it cost about $8000 |
| 04/25/05 | Tim Thomson | Yes, 5th picture presents the Russian UAZ. On other pictures however I see the Latvian RAF 977. The difference between RAF and its Armenian clone Eraz is that RAF has straight side panels but Eraz doesn't. One Eraz here: http://www.wax.pri.ee/flash/2005_04/pilt%20182.jpg Compare and see the difference. :) |
| 11/24/03 | Dooker | Well, these should be old Russian buses. At least that green one on 5th picture should be UAZ 3962, the one that looks like T2. And the ones that look like T1 should be ERAZ various models :) |
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