1955 Volkswagen Type 2 Schulwagen is a rare piece of the brand's history
released in 1949. We wouldn't have the Buzz without the venerable Type 2, but we might not have Volkswagen of America at all without theThe first examples of the Volkswagen Beetle that disembarked on our shores were privately imported. Max Hoffman, a successful Austrian businessman that played a significant role in bringing numerous European carmakers to the United States, began importing Volkswagen and Porsche models in the 1950s.
Founded in New Jersey in 1955, Volkswagen of America flew three service technician trainers from Wolfsburg to the United States to teach soon-to-be mechanics how toand maintain the Beetle and the Bus. It helped that both cars used the same basic drivetrain, which was built around an air-cooled flat-four engine. The brand also built a fleet of specially-equipped vans for a program called Mobile Service School.
Over the following months, the service technician trainers logged numerous miles in their purpose-built vans as they visited dealers across the nation to train personnel. They hauled around cabinets with tools and documentation, an engine, a four-speed manual transaxle, and a front axle, among other parts, and the Mobile Service School vans were fitted with a bottom-hinged hatch.
Volkswagen's fleet of training vans ultimately grew to 14 vehicles; the last photo in our gallery shows them parked outside of Volkswagen of America's first office building. What happened to the vans after the program ended is anyone's guess — with one exception. Lind Bjornsen, a collector, pulled what's believed to be the only survivingout of a barn in Ohio where it spent 43 years.
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