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Date:         Sat, 11 Jan 1997 10:03:19 +0000
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         VWnut@smus.bc.ca
Subject:      Re: Vanagon high-roof sighting

> Hey all, > Today while driving by the local VW dealer I saw a Vanagon sitting in the > lot apparently awaiting servicing. Why anyone would take it to the dealer > is beyond me, but that's another story :) . This Vanagon was an air-cooled > model and had a non-Westfalia camper coversion. It had a white fiberglas > roof similar to the roof on David Schwarze's Safare camper, with the > sliding windows on the sides of the high-roof. The camper was beige and > the roof was white, looked like it added a couple feet to the van. Anyone > know what company made this type of conversion for Vanagons? Could it have > been a Safare? > > I've not seen this one around town before, thought it was kinda interesting > :)

There are several early 80s Vanagons around here like that, made by GetAway Vans. I test drove an '82 diesel model which was a tad slow. I mainly wanted to look at the diesel engine bay, since I had never seen one up close. The ones I've seen have lots of storage (front & rear areas of the top), but NO sleeping area up top, which is a poor design IMHO. Also, the rest of the van used Westy cabinets, stove, fridge, etc, with the upper cabinets made to match, albeit of different materials.

Shawn & Janis Wright '88 Westy (336k) '85 Jetta TD (363k) VWnut@smus.bc.ca (swright@smus.bc.ca) http://www.islandnet.com/~swright/vw.html


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