driver christophe bowers taking one of the more than 1800000 t. ones built for a spin the v.w. bus was the right vehicle at the right time. the icing on that christophe recalls its history starting in 1947 as west germany was still rebuilding from the 2nd world war back then trades people urgently needed a practical utility van to carry their tools and materials from a to b. despite the massive damage at the v.w. plant it will support a solution was eventually found. at the time feed workers were carrying parts of materials with a transporter they'd built themselves by putting a simple flat bed on a beetle chassis and engine. the parts carrier inspired visiting dead porter then plans to sketch what would become the v.w. bus the engineering was based entirely on the still new beetle the only v.w. in production at the time. and that was what christoph continues and the out of a 1948. i know ignored approve the construction of a utility van designed to carry a 750 kilogram payload based on the dependable v.w. beetle but it was not that easy nor cheap as it happened the beetle chass