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Date:         Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:30:43 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: What ever happened to Westfalia?
Comments: To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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> Westfaliawerke was bought out by Daimler-Benz several years > ago, so they've had no incentive to continue providing > replacement parts for VW-based Campers (or to build new > campers for an automotive competitor for that matter). An > inquiry I made to them a couple of years ago about obtaining > any leftover inventory proved fruitless at the time and a > recent inquiry through a German contact proved to be just as useless.

That's probably because I got most of it already. :-) Some years ago I brought in a container load of Vanagon Westy stuff that Westfaliawerke dumped. Long-timers may remember when I posed it to the list.

On another point, I heard through the grapevine (but haven't confirmed) that Daimler-Benz recently sold Westfalia to a private investment group. At about the same time (and this is confirmed), Airstream USA terminated their agreement to sell Westfalia outfitted high-roof Mercedes Sprinter camper vans here in the U.S.

- Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW

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