THE SÜDFUNK SAGA

Prototypes showed up in 1949, and production started in early 1950. By the middle of that first summer, things were rolling along nicely with an average production of over 30 Buses per day. By the end of the first year, over 8,000 Type 2s had been produced. Less than 50 of those are known to exist today.

The early 1950 models (around the first 5000 units) have a stand up spare tire next to the engine, and a rear emblem. Their late 1950 counterparts (the next approximately 3000 units) have the spare tire tray above the engine, and just a blank panel on the back with no emblem. The rear window would not show until four months into ’51, which was another 4500 or so