Date:         Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:47:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Craig Morton <rangermorton1972@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Craig Morton <rangermorton1972@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagons For Sale/Phone Number Correction
In-Reply-To:  <46D621D9.30609@verizon.net>
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Hey, that sure works for me. At least we all know pretty well what is for sale and where it is. And the despatcher at the sheriff's office said she could not care less if it is a Westfalia or a Z-bed Wolfsburg. Call Jim if you are interested. He will even deliver.

  Craig

Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
  Well ... it's just a matter of semantics. The "Z" bed was made by
Westfalia (hence the Westfalia tag) but the van isn't a Westfalia
"Conversion". Vanagon owners, as a group, don't call the non-poptop
weekenders "Westfalias".

Mike
'84 GL 7 passenger
'84 GL Westy
'85 GL Westy


Craig Morton wrote:
> Craig Morton wrote: Hey John,
>
> This 1987 Vanagon is a Westfalia and a Wolfsburg and does not have the pop top. I am not sure if they called it a Weekender or not but it matches the description. The Westfalia data plate is there as are the Wolfsburg badges. The owner says it is now as it was when purchased new. If it is not supposed to exist or is a rare model then it might be fun to run a check on the VIN. Jim has that and probably more details if it piques your fancy to investigate. Aren't Vanagons fun?
>
> I should add that I gave the incorrect home phone number for Jim. The correct number is 936-569-7781. The other number was to the county sheriff's office. Geez, what a mistake! And, again, the location is Nacogdoches, Texas, which is in East Texas.
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> John Bange wrote:
> >
>> westy=Westfalia
>> without a pop top = no pop top, i.e. there is no tent on top; some
>> Weekenders had them and some didn't as near as I can ascertain
>> Vanagons 2 & 3 are not Westfalias
>
>
> FWIW, I think SD's point was that Vanagon 1 is not a Westfalia either.
> There's no such thing as a Westfalia without a pop-top. Lots of non-Westy
> Vanagons came with Z-beds, tables, and rear facing seats.
>
> The primary confusion seems to come from the two uses of the term
> "weekender". One westy model was called the "Westfalia Weekender", which had
> a pop-top but no kitchen cabinetry. Some early Vanagons were sold with an
> added "weekender" package, which added a Z-bed in back, among other things.
> THis "weekender" package had nothing to do with Westfalia.
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>
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