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Date:         Thu, 25 Jul 1996 13:15:17 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroHead@aol.com
Subject:      Re: What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a Weekender?

In a message dated 96-07-25 00:57:20 EDT, 102660.66@CompuServe.COM (Turner,Ronald L.) writes:

>All '86 up GL's have a fold down middle seat and a sofa bed in back -

The "Weekender Package" (rear folding seat & cushion) was an option on GL models at least through 1989. However, VW may have built all the GLs with this option, making it kind of a "mandatory option". It did cost extra $ above the vans standard price.

>All '87 up Wolfsburg / Carat models have 2 rear facing jump seats, fold out >table from left side,and sofa bed in back and alloy "carat" wheels-

Yes, but the alloy wheels were not part of the Wolfsburg Edition package in 1987. They were a seperately ordered & priced option.

>A '85 up "standard" or non GL Westy is one with a jump seat behind the >driver, fold out table from left wall, pop top, cabinets overhead and in left rear, >sofabed, but no stove, sink, fridge-

I'm not certain about 1985. For 1986 & 1987 this description is accurate except they did come with a removeable 12VDC/120VAC refrigerator that sat behind the front passenger seat. 1988 & 1989 had no basic Camper model. 1990 & 1991 had the "Multivan" model, more or less taking the place of the basic Camper, but with many more standard features not relating to camping capabilities.

>A Multivan is essentially the same as a "standard" or non GL Westy,but with 2 >rear facing jump seats?? Do the Multivans have cabinets in the back??

Yes. For 1990 & 1991 the Multivan model was similar to the earlier non-GL Campers. Multivans do have the rear storage cabinet, making the the rear end of the bed a bit narrower, but the cabinet did not extend past the back of the rear seat, yielding seating for 7. Multivans did not come with the 12VDC/120VAC refrigerator of the earlier non-GL Campers.

>So, uh, well is a "weekender" a "basic camper model - or - a '86 up Vanagon GL

I thought it was just the "Package" that meant the fold down rear seat and cushion over the engine. I think Joel has just corrected me in his recent post on this same thread where he said: >folks, the operative word here is "package". VW used the term "Weekender" >at two different times, once as a "package" which was optional on the GL >models, and then as a "model" ... > >the Weekender Package is the fold-down rear bench seat. period. <snip>

Plus the cushion over the engine.

Joel continues: >the Weekender MODEL was a whole bus .... with a pop-up top. almost a camper >but without the camper interior. i think it had SOME of the cabinets but not >the whole camper cabinet setup.

I hadn't seen VW use the "Weekender" term for these models before, but it sounds like Joel knows what he's talking about.

Regards, Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg


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