Date:         Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:18:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Donna Stewart <DStewart@CHRM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Donna Stewart <DStewart@CHRM.COM>
Subject:      Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
Comments: To: emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US
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This is an instance where I wonder if insurance from an RV organization such as Good Sam might be a good option.  I'm always afraid my insurance company isn't going to understand the RV interiors of the Wolfsburg/Weekender packages.  My 87 actually has a Westfalia badge on the lower part of the back passenger seat indicating it was manufactured at Westfalia's factory.  I don't know if 86s had it but you might look around.  

>>> Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> 06/27/02 03:13PM >>>
I am trying to prove to my insurance company that my van is not a basic
vanagon so they don't total it.  They say that according to the VIN, it is
a basic 7 passenger van.  It came to me as what I call a "weekender."  Pop
top, but no stove and sink.  It has the Wolfsburg badges at the front, and
the GL after the Vanagon on the rear hatch.  I read in the archives on
this, and found some info.  One person said that in 86 the Wolfsburg is
what I call the weekender, with the pop top and single side cabinet in the
back.  Also supporting that theory is the Supplemental owners manual I got
with the van saying it is a "Camper Wolfsburg Edition."  Anybody seen an 86
Wolfsburg that was not a pop top "weekender" type of van?

The other question is about the GL designation.  Was there another version
of the van in 86?  Some references in the archives indicated the GL got
cloth seats vs. vinyl, and carpet instead of rubber floor mats, and
upholstered door panels.  Mine has all that stuff, but how can I document
that those things came on the GL.  Anybody got some sales literature from
the period?

The adjuster is trying to claim that someone just took the badges off
another van and put them on mine.  I think the Supplemental manual helps me
prove that what I have is a Wolfsburg.  I can take pictures showing that
the van matches the manual.  Would like to have something similar to prove
it is a GL.

Edward