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Type 2 Transmission

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Both the bus and pickup are notorious for carrying weight of up to 2000 pounds, but due to the ability of carrying the highest weights of any air cooled VW, they are gear reduced at the rear wheels (reduction gear boxes) or internally at the transmission. We towed a 4 ton wrecker with a 1965 "beetle" Bus loaded with 3 engines,2 transmissions and various other parts, without smoking the clutch or raising the front end up. We could get to 35 to 40 mph without any problem. You would be well advised to not exceed 3500 RPM.

All Type 2s had a different transmission than those that were installed on the other types of VW's

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Date	Transmission Number	Remarks
Oct. 1952	2-456 602	Also CA code
Dec. 1952	2-469 390
Mar. 1953	A-49 415
Jan. 1954	A-169 153
Dec. 1954	A-380 323
Feb. 1955	A-418 384
Mar. 1955	A-418385
Dec. 1955	A-573 609
Dec. 1956	A 1 044 025
Dec. 1957	A 1 488 444
--- 1958
Aug. 1958
Dec. 1958	A 2 035 531
Jun. 1959	B 2 181 641
Dec. 1959
May 1960
Dec. 1960	B 3 523 946
Aug. 1961
Aug. 1961
Dec. 1961
Aug. 1962
Dec. 1962	5 535 965
Aug. 1963
Aug. 1963
Dec. 1963
Dec. 1963
Aug. 1964
Aug. 1964
Dec. 1964
Aug. 1965
Dec. 1965	8 707 594
Aug. 1966
Oct. 1966
Aug. 1967
Aug. 1967
Aug. 1968
Aug. 1969
Aug. 1970
Aug. 1971
Aug. 1972
Aug. 1972		Automatic trans. optional.
Aug. 1973		End of CA code
Aug. 1973		Start of CN code
Aug. 1973
Dec. 1973
Aug. 1974
Aug. 1975
Aug. 1976
Aug. 1977
Aug. 1978
Aug. 1979		End of Bus production

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