I don't know about the catalogue, but on a trip to Baja with a buddy in his '71 Westy, he said something about being able to have this conversion (retro watercooling w/a radiator where the spare goes) done in Mex, but not being able to bring it back into the US. I don't remember the details of what he said (I was probably nursing a vicious tequila hangover, or something ;) except that it was supposed to be inexpensive. Charles (wishing he were surfing Baja instead of sitting at the fun factory he calls work :( '83.5 Westy On Wed, 4 Jun 1997 Oxroad@aol.com wrote: > I just got a J.Crew clothing catalogue in the mail (the Vacation 1997 issue). > And on page 117 there is a light blue (actually I guess it's gray primer) > late 70s Westfalia bus with a fairly large black radiator grill on the front. > In the center of the grill is the VW symbol. It's hard to tell from the photo > but it looks like it is more than a cosmetic alteration. If anyone has this > catalogue or knows of the actual bus and knows the story of it, I'd love to > know. I'm guessing the photo was taken in California. Or if the catalogue is > kicking around your house check it out this oddity. I realize it's not a > Vanagon but it piqued my interest and I thought it might interest others. > > Jeff > '83 Westfalia >
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