Right! Brown is Beautiful! It Hides the dirt and "feels Homey" Like the inside of a country log cabin, where-as the post 86' Westys all have that *cold* gray/blue synthetic industrial look. I call the later V-gons Sprocket-mobiles...Deter! now's the time on shprockets when we dance! :) :) :) AND I LIKE plaid!...on my kilt-shirts AND my car seats!! Phil
--- Bill Marshall <Willolyn99@AOL.COM> wrote: > <Why did pre-'87 VW vanagons and earlier buses > have such hideous colors?> > > Hey, I resemble that remark! > > My lovely gold (actually beige metallic) '85 vanagon > has a tan/brown interior > that hides the hair of my tan/brown dogs > beautifully. It also hides a lot of > the dust here in Phoenix. Granted, the dark brown > wasn't particularly nice, > but the light tan stuff is very attractive. > Personally, I thought the blue > interior was nasty - too plastic looking. Besides, > a creative person > upholsters his own interior. > > Bill Marshall > 85 GL Tiico
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