Date:         Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:59:43 +1100
Reply-To:     Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@UWS.EDU.AU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Caravelle GL?
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Hi Volks,

As I drove to work this morning I found myself following behind a
rather nice T3 Caravelle.Good nick,metallic red,factory alloys,
Projekt Zwo style alloy rear bumper etc.
When I pulled up behind it at a set of lights I noticed it was
badged "Caravelle GL".Hmmm...
It then occurred to me I had never seen a GL badge on a Caravelle
before (or on any Transporter here in Oz that I can remember)

T3s here were usually badged Transporter,Caravelle,Carat,Bus (very
early ones)or for a very brief period,Multivan....and of course,
Syncro badges where appropriate.
GL (and other variant) badging I thought was a Nth American thing
depicting various levels of refinements & appointments,but that was
not how Australian spec ones came badged.

Is the badging "Caravelle GL" common elsewhere? I don't recall
seeing it mentioned in anybody's signatures as their particular
model.I'm wondering if I was following a South African import
(not one of the post-wasserboxer models-this was definately a WBX)
as we do sometimes get SA imports,us both having RHD vehicles.

Have I been sadly wanting in my previous awareness of T3 variants
(and I thought my VW obsession of many years would have meant
otherwise) or did I see an unusual one,at least for Oz anyway...
Maybe they stuck a GL badge on from something else?...dunno.
Someone out there must have the answer and VW obsessed minds with
too much time on their hands need to know...;-)

Cheers,
Steve O
Blue Mountains,NSW,Australia
'92 Transporter WBX 2.1 Kombi
'76 Transporter Double Cab 2.0
'68 Beetle w/1.6
'00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab 2.5 (work truck)
'48 Fairmont M19 Speeder

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