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Date:         Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:43:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Model changes
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Actually, the '84 Wolfsburg Westy had the same upholstery and padded dash as the '85 and '86.

Mike

Old Volks Home wrote: > In addition to Chris Turner's extraordinary knowledge, keep in mind that > Riveria Motors, when doing their own camper conversions ordered basic > "Kombi" stripped down Buses and Vanagons with the rubber mats, vinyl seat > covers, fixed front seats, etc. The Westfalia is a pure (so to speak) > factory conversion that had the niceties like captain's chairs, even as far > back as 1976 (perhaps even earlier). The steel dash (with the edge > pad) Westy was up through 84 (like mine), the vinyl covered variety started > in 1985, carpet started even earlier on the "GL" based models, which > Westfalia usually based their conversions on. > > Again, Chris could probably elaborate much further on the Westfalia > conversion of the Vanagon than I could. > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > ********************************** > On 12/15/06, Nathaniel Poole <npoole@telus.net> wrote: > >> >> Can anyone tell me what year VW upgraded the interior of their >> vanagons/westies? My '80 Riviera has a standard truck interior - rubber >> floor mat, steel dash, plain vinyl seats. Later models have spinning >> captain's chairs, carpeted interior, padded dash etc. What year(s) did >> this >> transition take place? >> >> Nathaniel > >


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