>In a message dated 11/30/04 6:07:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, >andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes: > >>T4 >>was sold as Vanagon in Japan. >> >??? The van was sold in japan?? Indeed it was... gawd knows who'd be silly enough to buy one, with the far superior Japanese large vans available. > What year and version was sold there? That I couldn't tell you. >BTW I sent the seller a detail list of why his listing was incorrect and >today go a blank reply back. Checked ebay and the listing is gone. Good! >That one also got me extremely irritated over the use of the vw logo on a >very obviously not licensed commercial or hobbyist product. I guess this is why VW has become nasty about ANYONE using the logo... kneejerk reaction, though. > >so are you saying that there are Japanese market T4's with the name >"Vanagon" in T4 font????? any pics of this ??? > >chris Yes and unfortunately no. I did search "Vanagon" for used exports from Japan... only T4s came up. Yoshi? Are you lurking? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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