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I have seen a 10 seat LWB caravelle. Is there such a thing as a 10seat LWB syncro?

A T4 could be LWB and syncro.....

3 in the back, 3 in the front, two rows of 2 bolted to the floor.... I don't see why not but I've never seen one. LWB wouldn't apply to a T3 though.

Possible 11 seater arrangement too with buddy seats and one set of 3 in the middle...

Good luck in your search

ok cool - so could exist.. Will begin search. Thanks for your help.

The twin slider Caravelle CL had 12 seats did it not??

Bever seen a syncro one though.

devon did one, someone is selling the seats from one in the swap section viewtopic.php?f=22&t=77281

They made 12 seaters in South Africa. No such thing as a LWB T3 AFAIK

russ_jc wrote:ok cool - so could exist.. Will begin search. Thanks for your help.

What are you looking for? A T3 or a T4?

Mines a SA 10 seater "normal" T3 Syncro,
was a safari bus in the Kalahari
2+2+3+3=10
just has dickie seats facing backwards in the rear,
original fitment though,
not bad if wasnt for the aircon taking up the headroom,
but thats coming out soon anyway.
kids love it,
and in theory it makes it congestion charge exempt.

Thanks for your responses folks. Um..happy to consider a t3 or T4 if the LWB 12 seater syncro is available in each. If you hear of one for sale let me know!

Thanks.

russ_jc wrote:Thanks for your responses folks. Um..happy to consider a t3 or T4 if the LWB 12 seater syncro is available in each. If you hear of one for sale let me know!

Thanks.

I have a LWB T3 Syncro for sale ....

rollercoaster,your van went on holiday to the kalahari,it was never a safari bus.

rollercoaster wrote:Mines a SA 10 seater "normal" T3 Syncro,
was a safari bus in the Kalahari
2+2+3+3=10
just has dickie seats facing backwards in the rear,
original fitment though,
not bad if wasnt for the aircon taking up the headroom,
but thats coming out soon anyway.

You're going to do what?!!!! I'll have the lot off you if you're removing it. PM

syncrosimon wrote:The twin slider Caravelle CL had 12 seats did it not??

Never seen a syncro one though.

That'll be mine then. '86 T/S Caravelle C with a load of bosses sticking through the commercial ply floor, so currently a 3-seater

In UK spec the Caravelle CL was only an 8 seater and single slider (2/3/3) (twinslide might have been optional), GL was 2/2/3 single slider with a jump seat option on the middle row, and the basic Caravelle C was a twinslider with half bulkhead so 3/3/3. Think if you wanted anything else it probubly came from Devon.

My school in the early 90's had a W reg Devon minibus which must have had about 12 seats, 2 in the front, and 3 rows in the back (felt cramped even to a small child, but then I would have been comparing it to our GL which only a limo would ever beat), all rows were forward facing but the rear was right on the edge of the engine hump - guess it tipped up for engine access or something - I was 8 at the time so don't remember too much, had curtains though, romour was they made too many campers so converted some to busses before sale - it said "camping" on the back and everything was the same 2 tone beige colour scheme.

In europe where VW and Devon didn't have any sales agrements you probubly could get something like a 12 seater from the factory, probubly with a Transporter or Caravelle C badge - seen a few single slider C's in LHD and the british brosure pictures one which it says is not avalable in UK. Doubtless they would have been much nicer that a devon bus but for some resion VW never seemed to want to offer/market the Caravelle very much in the UK, and in many ways still don't.