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Date:         Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:02:34 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Pittack <chrisp@dgtl.com>
Subject:      RE: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??

You dog! Heated seats? Is there anyway on earth the rest of us mere mortals could aquire such a luxury

Chris P. Seattle, WA '89 Oil Burning Jetta "Jake" '87 Wasserboxer GL "Lewis" '82 Oil Burning L "Billie Rae"

>---------- >From: Todd Francis[SMTP:tbf@pacifier.com] >Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 1997 11:48 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: Re: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column?? > >SyncroHead@aol.com wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I saw an 88 Vanagon GL Camper in a parking lot the other day and looked >> inside. >> On top of the steering column, between the steering wheel and gages, the >> usual plastic cover piece was replaced by something I hadn't seen before. >> The cover piece on this van had a large "display" like thing on it. It wa >> molded into the piece and must have come from the factory. It protruded up >> from the usual slope toward the gages and presented the driver with a 1.25" >> tall x 2" wide rectangle that looked like it was dark red plastic. Sort of >> like a warning indicator or display of some sort. >> >> Many cars now place their emergency flasher switch & light in this >>position, >> but this van had those in the usual position on the right side of the >> instrument binnacle with the defroster switch. >> >> Any one have any idea what this is? I'm not too familiar with the Camper >> models, but have looked them over in the past & haven't noticed anything >>like >> this. >> >> By the way, the van has a manual tranmission and was not a Syncro. >> >> Wondering, >> Jim Davis >> 87 GL Syncro >> 88 GL Wolfsburg > > >Was it a roller type switch that is the thermostat setting for a seat >heater? That is what I have on my '91. Todd Francis >


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