Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:13:04 -0400
Reply-To: Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From: Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject: Re: 85 Weekender FS
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At 01:02 PM 4/18/2009, Chris S wrote...
>One more time... repeat after me... "There no Weekenders made in '85,
>only
>Westfalia Wolfsburg Edition campers."
>
>http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/85wolfsburgedition/page4.jpg
Meh. Why repeat something false? One might just as well say there are
not Westys, because they were actually Westfalias. There _were_
Weekenders in 1985, that's a fact. Whether the one in question was sold
as such doesn't matter, because the widespread understanding is that a
Weekender is a Westy without a full kitchen. Everyone but you seems to
know that.
From a copied VW spec sheet from 1985 (Form No. W64 255 6011):
http://www.dualport.com/vanagon/data.html
Note the "Weekender package," described as "Includes: Folding rear
bench seat with storage compartment, engine compartment cushion, center
seat with folding backrest"
>A Weekender did not arrive until the Eurovan in the form of a pop-top
>camper
>with a folding rear seat for sleeping and no cabinetry whatsoever.
"In 1985, 1986, and 1987, there was a special Westfalia Wolfsburg
Weekender offered. These models have the same pop-top as the full
camper, but instead of the fridge/stove/sink assembly, they have a
flip-up table and one rear-facing seat behind the driver, and a small
all-electric, quick release cooler behind the passenger seat (that does
not work very well)...A very similar model was offered again in 1990
and 1991 and was called the Westfalia Multivan " -
http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=54
"Westfalias come with full galley kitchen and a "pop-top" camper roof,
or as Weekenders or Multivans that have interiors that convert into
beds, but don't have the fridge and stove. Not all Weekenders have the
pop-top roof, and those that do are called Westfalia Weekenders." -
http://www.canadiandriver.com/2006/03/06/feature-volkswagen-vanagon-and-westfalia-1980-1991.htm
"Westfalia campers came in two variants, the standard model and the
'Weekender,' which lacked the propane stove, sink, and Dometic
refrigerator of the full 'camper' versions...Wolfsburg Edition
"Weekender" models had two rear facing seats behind the front seats in
place of a center bench seat and a table that popped up from out of the
wall." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_2_(T3)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=750876
http://www.dualport.com/vanagon/watercooled.html
http://www.westfalia-enterprises.com/#/1985bronzweekender/4521864846
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=733874
http://www.webfotos.co.uk/camperinterior/html/camper_interior_westfalia_96.html
