Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 18:23:05 -0500
Reply-To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
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From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
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The 87 Wolfsberg I considered buying had these features.
Fiberglass front and rear bumpers.
Side bumper extensions (just decorative) on the front doors.
It had factory alloy wheels.
It had factory tinted glass.
It had high quality carpeting with full set of throw mats with the VW
symbol.
It had dual Air Conditioning.
It had two rear facing armchair seats behind the passenger and driver
seat.
It had a fold down table between the rear facing and front facing rear
seat.
It had a sleeper cushion on the rear deck.
It had power heated mirrors.
It had power windows.
It had a headlight package that I could not identify.
Nice stereo installation with the radio in the shift column.
Velour upholstery and velour curtains.
But it was not a pop top, it had a skylight roof that poped open about
four inches.
All in all a nice van with leaky heads, he was asking $2500.00 OBO, I
offered $800.00 and backed out, it sold for $600.00 and was towed off.
Mileage was 89K with two prior owners. Texas car from Arlington TX.
The region you are in has a great bearing on the value of the VW Bus,
Van, Vanagon, Westy prices.
They are cheap in Texas, about four times as much in Oregon and Great NW.
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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