Thanks for the confirmations and satisfying my curiosity. This is actually my fourth Vanagon, but I had no idea it was quite so rare and unusual. That CL van is much cleaner looking than mine. Is there an online source for a lot of this kind of trivia, so I don't keep pestering the list with my inane questions?
On 7/22/05, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Chris- > > Yes- it is the same vehicle as the European > model. > So far what I have been able to find is that > there were only 6,000 made in this color. > > There was also a Redstar, and only 89 of them > were made) 89 to reflect on the year of > production) > > Now about the windows- they are manual. That may > be the only difference. > > It has power mirrors, power door locks. > > I have seen only one before in a wrecking yard > the last ten years, and I know where another one > sits in a junkyard. I bought the remaining good > striped jumpseat from it to replace mine which > had a corner chewed off by the PO's dog. > > You are welcome to come over Cleary Confused and > compare and take pictures. > > There was also a whole VW line of Bluestars in > 1989 The Golf, Jetta, Fox, Vanagon and Cabriolet > Wolfsburg Editions (or Hannovers) were all Star > Blue Metallic. > An ad for the Bluestar line went" Limited > availability is only one of their virtues" Casey Biodiesel: '87 300TD intercooler (206k) '84 300D (202k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (184k) Olympia, WA |
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