Date:         Thu, 12 Jul 2001 00:29:52 EDT
Reply-To:     DRodrig420@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Rodriguez <DRodrig420@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Building a westy/DESTROYING A RARE SUNROOF VAN
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Heh...my '84 has a factory sunroof.  I had never seen one before this,
either.  I didn't realize they were such a "collectors item."  My in-depth
knowledge of rare VWs doesn't extend much past the A2 chassis, and the two I
have are rare enough in their own right.

-Dave
'91 Jetta GTX 16V (one of only 500 A2s in it's color...)
'88 Jetta GLI 16V (early '88 production run, with leftover '87 equipment)
'84 Vanagon (rae because of the sunroof...?)

In a message dated 7/11/01 5:06:28 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
JordanVw@AOL.COM writes:


> dont do it!! apparently you are not aware that the sunroof vanagons are
> rare..  especially the 86, and '87 sunroof vans. sunroof vans were avail in
> the US from 80-87, but it was a rare option. especially the last two years.
>
> vw sold hardly any sunroof vans in 86 and 87 - i've ever only seen like
> three
> 86 sunroof vans in my life, and never a 87 sunroof...you have one of the
> few
> 87 sunroof vans that exist.   87 was the last year the sunroof van was sold
> in the US, and since the sunroof vans were not available with A/C, they
> were
> rare.  if you want to do a poptop retrofit - go with a hardtop van.  not
> only
> will you be destroying one of the few 87 sunroofs that exist, you will have
> a
> lot more work because of the double roof in the sunroof van, as opposed to
> doing the conversion to a hardtop van with the single roof.
>
> what you are doing would be comparable to hacking up the roof on a '67
> deluxe
> microbus 21 window..  ok, a little extreme analogy, but you get the idea.
> if
> you have one of the last sunroof vans sold in the US, why would you want to
> cut it up?
> there are plenty of cheap hardtop vans out there..
> just a thought.
> chris
> '84 wolfsburg sunroof w/ dealer a/c
> ex '84 GL sunroof
> ex '83.5 GL 9 Passenger sunroof (rare in its own right)



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