Wacky- here's the answer my friend sent to me hope it helps you out.
"First of all...if is a pretty detailed type 87, it will not be real convincing as a type 60 as the type 87 was 4-wheel drive! It also had a little bit greater ground clearance than the 60 (about 2 extra inches) to make it more usable off road.They were deployed in places like Africa where the use of 4-wheel drive was necessary. It was hot as hell so they also incorporated the "sliding rag" top. It's the top he is talking about that looks like a convertible, but isn't. Now, the type 60, was a 2-wheel drive civilian model from the same years as the 87. It WAS available with the sliding rag top. The public also liked the open air, so the sliding rag and full convertible (cabriolet) were both popular. The Type 60, aka KdF-Wagen, had different names during it's development. They are sometimes the called the VW38 or VW39 depending on the year they were made. The VW38 and VW39 were mostly progressions made on the original prototype, the V3. The "KdF" actually comes from the Kraft durch Freude movement, which was the propaganda campaign by the Nazi party to try to convince people to work hard for the Nazis and you can earn a car. You could have money withheld from your weekly paycheck for the purchase of savings stamps to put toward a car. ...Anyway, the car was officially launched at the 1939 Berlin Auto Show, where is was called the KdF-Wagen, and people eventually started to refer to them as the Type 60.
The Type 87 (Kommandeurwagen) that he has is actually closer in mechanics to the Type 166 Schwimmwagen amphibious car, but they look totally different! The Nazis did make another version based on the Type 87, it was the Type 82E. It was basically the same car, just 2-wheel drive. They even fitted some of these cars with wood burning conversions when fossil fuel supplies were dwindling!
If you want my opinion, I would build the Type 87 as is. That really was a awesome car."
Yes he is a VW fanatic and I hope that info comes in handy for you. He said he has some pics to if that could help you out.