Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:45:48 -0500
Reply-To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
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My 83 Westy is VIN numbered as a 3200 pound generic van.
The VIN numbers doesn't denote the after manufacture FuFu put on these
vans.
Slim chance but could you come up with a Seller or Buyer document from
the Selling Dealer or Original Purchaser?
My original purchasers contract itemizes the add ons.
Check at www.nada.com for used car prices, AAA also has values.
Its your insurance adjusters job to pay you less, its your job to get
more. Do more research than him and have it in print.
Stan Wilder
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 18:13:19 -0400 Edward Maglott
<emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> writes:
> 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
>
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