Date:         Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:30:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Brent Christensen <brent@vanagon.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Brent Christensen <brent@vanagon.com>
Subject:      Re: FS - dash mounted cup holders
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com
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I bought 15 of them and they are all gone.  (I have saved one in an effort
to reproduce them.).  Profit was not my primary motivator (obviously) in
fact., I'll probably end up losing a little money (unless I get lots of
Paypal referrals) :-)

I just figured it was something neat to share with the rest of the
community, what with all the cupholder discussions we go through every few
months!  I was told over the phone that they were an original VW dealer
accessory, but looking at the general quality of them, I have my doubts
(they are made of pretty thin plastic) also, they have no VW part numbers.
Definitely worth $6, though.  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus"
Santa Barbara, CA

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@aol.com>
To: <brent@vanagon.com>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: FS - dash mounted cup holders


> In a message dated 8/9/00 2:23:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
brent@vanagon.com
> writes:
>
> << I recently discovered some dash-mounted cup/doo-dad holders at a VW
dealer.
>  They are made from molded plastic and fit the contour of Vanagon dash,
right
>  over the ash tray (on later models).  Mount with double-sided tape (not
>  included) to the top of the ashtray.  Problem was, they wanted $10 to
ship
>  one of them, so I took all they had in stock in order to spread out the
cost
>  of shipping, and to distribute to anyone on the list that might be
>  interested.Figuring my original cost with shipping they'll be $6 each,
plus
>  shipping from California (probably not much since they weigh about 6
oz.).
>   >>
>
> you just discovered a gold mine!!!  these are extremely rare..  ( i paid
$25
> for one and it was cracked, with thoughts of re-producing them)    6 bucks
> each, its giving them away LOL  how many do you have?
> chris
>