And that reminded me: I had an '85 GL 1.9L WBX whose door jamb plate read "Date of Mfr: 10/84"... It had power steering, but the front stabilizing links were the dog-leg shape, not the later straight rod-shape. Always figured the Factory was using up the parts bin stocks in transition to the new model, but there was also evidence of front-end damage on that van, so it could have been a collision-shop Frankenstein. Gus '90 GL autotrans -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN) Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:08 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: VanagonmModel year designations And there were early '84 (like mine), and late '84 that take different front wheel bearings. I'm not sure what else is different though. Pascal '84 Westy -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Paul Guzyk I like to call 84 Wolfsburg Westy campers 84.5's since they had a lot of features that appeared as standard on 85's, power steering, nicer dash, tach, captains chairs, brown tables, better spice rack, etc etc. |
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