Date:         Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:04:23 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
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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Beautiful!  I think you have to wait 15 years to bring them into
Canada? Maybe by then I could afford a used one.  If I sold my house.

Who does the conversion if not Westfalia?

Take a look for the 'Five Generations" graphic on the site.  Cool.

Jeff

On 7-Oct-08, at 11:38 AM, Richard A Jones 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