Date:         Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:27:48 +0200
Reply-To:     OOMKES Robin <robin.oomkes@SWIFT.COM>
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From:         OOMKES Robin <robin.oomkes@SWIFT.COM>
Organization: S.W.I.F.T. sc
Subject:      Re: Robin's Vanagon Atlantic (?)
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Harald,

Body:
* off-white (Alpinweiss) with blue, wavy striping line (Atlantic, geddit?)
* Carat body kit (black mouldings)
* blue tinted glass in driver's cab
* plastic double windows (for insulation) aft of B-posts
* insulating foam in body cavities
* heated power mirrors
* no power windows or locking (probably a good thing)

Interior:
* Eberspächer DA-6 diesel heater with timer (3 programmed start times) and thermostatic control
* dual batteries and 220V->12V battery charger
* all the usual full Westy stuff
* lit vanity mirror
* tachometer and digital clock
* captain's chairs with armrests

Technical
* 70 hp 1.6 TD with aftermarket cat
* 5-sp manual

This was the upmarket version of the VW California as sold in Germany since '88. It was about 8000 DM more expensive than the base
model (that's probably why so little were sold), adding the body kit, heater, dual batteries, and insulation. I'm sorry; I don't
have any pictures online...

Regards,
Robin Oomkes
90 Vanagon Westfalia




harald_nancy wrote:

> Robin,
> Can you describe the features on your Westfalia Atlantic vanagon?
> Pretty rare model. Only several hundred were built, I think.
> How is it different from the Westfalia California model,
> which looks more like our North American Camper GL?
> Do you have any photos on the internet?
> BTW, patat met frit sauce, one of my favorites in Holland.
> Here in the U.S., one typically eats french fries with ketchup.
> Harald
> '90 westy
>
> Robin Oomkes wrote:
>
> > That's exactly how the starter on my 90 Vanagon TD went a couple of months
> ago. Except I had parked on a ferry ramp, to buy some
> > french fries with mayonnaise (remember Pulp Fiction?) at a roadside snack
> stand. I put in a junkyard rebuild and it's been going
> > fine ever since.
> >
> > Robin
> > 90 Vanagon Atlantic TD
> > Holland
> >