Date:         Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:45:56 -0500 (EST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroHead@aol.com
Subject:      Re: Question about 86 Synchro Weekender

In a message dated 97-02-13 21:16:18 EST, JordanView@aol.com writes:

> In a message dated 97-02-13 18:37:44 EST, bayer@sybase.com (David Bayer)
>  writes:
>  >	As we rehash this again, isn't this the VW weekender package (I have
>  >the above interior and no westy placards attached anywhere). I thought
the
>  >westy weekender had something like the fridge and the poptop but no
>  >stove/sink/other cabients.

>  Rehash? I love rehash!! just had some for supper. 
>  
>  Correct you are, there is no "Westfalia-Werke"placard under the kickpanel
of
>  the backseat of the 7 pass.NON POPTOP weekender package EXEPT on the
>  Wolfsburg Ed. 7 pass?? (correct me if I'm wrong, Jim  :<). 

Correct.  At least the 1987 & 1988 (perhaps later ones as well) Wolfsburgs
have a "Westfalia-Werke" placard on the kickpanel under the backseat.  I
don't exactly know what involvement Westfalia had on these models, but their
placard is there. I certainly would never call one of these non-poptop vans a
Westy though.

Well there's Weekender and then there's Weekender.  In all the VW produced
vanagon literature I've seen, VW never once refered to any Vanagon with a
pop-top as a Weekender.  VW did call the: foldout-rear-seat +
cushion-over-the-engine + center bench-with-folding-backrest  the Weekender
Package.  That said, I think that popular terminology, instead, more often
calls a Vanagon Camper that lacks the sink/stove/built-in-refer a Weekender.
 So..... if someone says "Weekender" don't assume they've got the same thing
in mind as you do.
  
>  And you are right, once again, The "westy Weekender" be it a Wolfsburg
model,
>  or be it a Std westy - has a poptop and large fridge behind the front
pass,
>  without the stove or sink or other cabinets.

Here's an example of the "popular terminology" calling this model a Weekender
when VW didn't.   This model is more accurately described as a 1986 Vanagon
Camper (no GL) or a 1986 Vanagon Camper Wolfsburg Limited Edition (still no
GL) or  1987 Vanagon Camper (again, no GL).
 
>  Hmmm....I can see a "Bus Plus" comin' around the corner......   :<)
>  chris
 
Or you could just call it a "Bus Plus"!  :-)
Chris, maybe you should look into getting some "Bus Plus" emblems made up?
 :-)

Regards,
Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg