Hi Jeff, In "type 2 speak", a Kombi is a passenger van with no middle seat. This was a popular model for camping conversions as well as for light commercial duty.
Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato www.pottsfamily.ca www.busesofthecorn.com
On 5-Jun-07, at 12:33 AM, Jeff Oxroad wrote: > It's interesting. My guess is the Weekender interior was added > later by a > previous owner. The "X" in the position it is in on the VIN # > indicates it is a > "Kombi". > > Now what is a Kombi? Because I don't exactly know. But I think most > of our > Passenger Vanagons have an Y in that position for a Vanagon and/or > a Z for a > camper in the place where this Carrier has the X. > > I seem to remember seeing this style bus from the late 80s on the > Samba for > sale once or twice with no sliding windows in the sliding door or > middle > positon. They were bare bones vehicles to be used as work vehicles > so the back area > was not furnished with seats or paneling. The dash was not padded. > I've never > seen the "carrier" logo. I have seen the later 80s Crew Cabs with > the round > headlights so maybe this was the set up for a work vehicle. > > If someone has carfax maybe running the VIN would shed some light. > > Interesting, though. Definately interesting. > > Best, > Jeff > 83.5 Westy > LA, CA > > > In a message dated 6/4/2007 6:59:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM writes: > > It's for a different kind of Vanagon with a "Carrier" logo on the > front. It > is unique in that it is a 1988 model year, but has a pre- '86 round > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. |
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