New Book: Volkswagen Type 4 - 411 and 412, Type 4 History Options

[maf914]

I ran across this future title, June 2020, while searching for a book on the Veloce Publishing website. Thought it might be of interest to 914 Type 4 owners.

Below is the Amazon listing.

https://www.amazon.com/Volkswagen-Type-Fina...ooks&sr=1-1

[wonkipop]

drove a stick shift 411 variant, south african built car, in perth for a short borrow about 30 years ago. went harder and faster than my type 3 variant. and steered way better.
twin carby 1.7 - no fuel injection if i remember right.

also borrowed and drove a 412 in chicago in late 80s. 4 door. slur matic auto box.
awful.

412s are resolved stylistically (almost), plenty of space - incredible packaging.
virtually none here in australia.
a batch of test 411 cars were brought into aus in late 60s, in the hands of vw cultists if still in fact surviving and a few south african private imports from refugee white farmers/professionals fleeing to a new life in western australa in the 80s mad their way in. interesting cars in some ways, but the last gasp of a VW corporate giant unable to figure out which way to go.

lucky for the 914 the engine was on offer.

sometime in the mid 80s one of the assessment cars, a white VW variant 411 was for sale in melbourne. i checked it out to maybe buy. it was already rusted out to the gills, and it was maybe a little over 15 years old, and that was australia -- where rust happens slowly. even type 3s were not rusting out at that rate. full of injected foam i believe.

i loved my type 3 variant, it could go anywhere and it did, right through the outback where the only other cars i saw were toyota land cruisers. an amazing car and a hard act for VW to top with the type 4.