Date:         Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:23:49 -0700
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From:         Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Another silly trivia question: Bluestar
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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