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Which VW Transporter Do I Want?

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When someone says, 'campervan', what springs to mind?  Most people's vision of a campervan will involve a Volkswagen Transporter.  But which Transporter appeals to you?   Whatever your taste, VW will surely have catered to it at some point, since the beginning of production of the Transporter in 1949, to over twelve million (and counting) units sold worldwide, which makes the Volkswagen Transporter, the best selling van in history.   Look at the majority of memorabilia labelled 'Volkswagen Camper' and you will see the famous 'V' front end below the sought after split screen.  This is where we'll start. Between 1950 and 1967, 1,477,330 of the O.G. VW Split Screen vans that we all love and adore rolled off the production line.  At present commonly known as a T1, the Splitty was originally known as a Type 2.  It was the second vehicle produced by Volkswagen after the Beetle, or Type 1.   The first buses were built in Wolfsburg, up un