Date:         Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:16:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW's 'new' van
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <48EB906E.6010800@colorado.edu>
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Wow, the fridge and cupboards are vastly superior!  Makes me want to build
me own like that.  Mahogany?

So, . . . what happens when you're dispersed camping and your nine year old
steps onto the glass (to access the poptop and it cuts her ankle open wide?

Looks like the poptop is insulated on the walls?

Folding table in the sliding door?  Yes!

Rear cupboard for gas bottle?  No exterior LP tank?

Nice van.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu> wrote:

> If you are interested in what VW sells now in Europe (and SA)
> as a camper--the California--look at their UK website:
> http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/california/
> It looks very much like an "updated" Vanagon Westy design.
> Maybe better.  You can get 4-motion and a TDI engine.
> Of course it doesn't have the clearance of a Vanagon, but
> it looks a lot nicer than what they did with the Eurovan.
>
> This is VW, of course, not Westfalia....  In Europe, at least
> until recently, you could take your vehicle to Westfalia and
> have them do pretty much what you wanted.  I talked with the
> owner (a climbing guide) and inspected his Vanagon Syncro in
> Cortina, Italy, a while back.  The closet/bed/water tank
> looked the same as our.  Different stove/fridge--bigger fridge.
> Double-walled plastic windows all around for winter.  He
> had started with a Syncro delivery van and had them do it all.
>
> Richard
>



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Neil2
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