Date:         Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:38:32 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon name Liteace Images 1
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>At 06:04 PM 12/17/2004, you wrote:
>>NO. It was introduced for one model cycle in the US. The first
>>Liteace was sold in the late 60s or by 1973 at latest... there are
>>still lots of that model on the road in Fiji, for instance (no, I
>>don't have images).
>
>You're right! I even found a couple images of the old beast.
>Here's a '71:
><http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ip3t-nksn/Pages/B-classic/Qrp509.htm>
>and even a '70 "singlecab" looking one:
><http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ip3t-nksn/Pages/B-classic/Qrp616.htm>
>
>There must not be many left, but they sure 'nuff are late-60's designs.
>Replace the rectangular headlights of the 80's version with round one's
>surrounded by silly chrome "Corvan" lookin' grilles and it's a serious
>60's-mobile. I stand corrected!
>
>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"

The 84-88 liteace may share the same floorpan as this old bus, but
everything else is different. On top of that, there were TWO 84-88
liteace bodies, each utterly different... one had a blunter snout to
accentuate this, and its fuel-filler was high in the right flank some
distance behind the driver's (righthand!) door.

The version seen in the US got a completely different nose later, and
for 88-9x a totally new skin again.

I have images of these, but no website...
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut