Date:         Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:09:35 -0600
Reply-To:     Joachim Beek <beekj@GHG.NET>
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From:         Joachim Beek <beekj@GHG.NET>
Subject:      Re: Interesting things in glovebox,VW orgins, "joker"...wolfburg,
              etc.
Comments: To: Brian Cochran <rangerbrian@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Ah, fear not, my son, I can help you here.

At 19:21 03/21/2001 -0800, Brian Cochran wrote:
>3.  1984 Maintenance booklet.  There's a place to put the Customer
>Identifications Card, but I don't have that.  There's a lot of numbers on
>the inside first page for VIN, optional equipment, etc.  The interesting
>part are the authentic VW stamps in the scheduled maintenance pages to
>follow.  Most are from a dealership in Brunswick GA, with a Savannah at the
>end, but the firststamp says, "Garage Mulder di; G Raffaelli & C. s.a.s.;
>GENOVA - NERVI"   Is that Germany? next to it is the mileage and date in

Genova is in Italy.  It seems that this Westy was picked up in Europe under
the "you fly over to the old country and pick up your car, drive it round
on vacation, and then we ship it back to your home" program.

>5. The last item is a photocopied page with JOKER >>USA<< on the top.  I
>search for VW Joker on the web to learn that "Vanagon" equals "Joker"!!  I
>never heard that one before.  (See the joke is on us.  They break down for a

Ben Tan was right...the Joker was a particular options package available on
Campers in Europe.

Have fun on your treasure hunt!
Joachim, who once found 50 lbs of mud under the back seat of a 65 Ford
bought in 81, but nothing in his 90 Vanagon...

Joachim and Belinda and Hobi and Griffin in Houston, TX
...and Lucky, the rescued kitten who runs the house, too!
beekj@ghg.net

    Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know
    evil or jealousy or discontent.  To sit with a
    dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to
    be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not
    boring--it was peace.    Milan Kundera