Date:         Sat, 15 Aug 1998 12:20:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>
Subject:      VW Owner's Manuals: Vanagon, Camper, & Wolfsberg Edition
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Some time back I was trying to locate a VW owner's manual for my 1984
Westy.  I was able to order manuals from VW (VWoA/Dyment Distribution,
Strongsville, OH), but the pricing is kinda screwy.  I wanted to pass
along what I've found out - perhaps save some other owner a couple of
bucks.

I wanted to order a Vanagon Owner's Manual AND the Camper Supplement.  I
ordered an owner's manual ($10.00), and the operator asked me if I also
wanted to buy the the Wolfsberg Edition Supplement ($0.01! each), so, of
course, I ordered this supplement, too.  I also ordered the Camper
Supplement ($10.00).  However THE CAMPER SUPPLEMENT INCLUDED A VANAGON
OWNER'S MANUAL AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.  If I would've known this, I
would've saved $10 by NOT ordering the Vanagon Owner's Manual separately!


Additionally, the Dyment/VWoA part numbers are a little strange:
------------------------------------------
1984 VW Vanagon O/M (printed in Germany 8/83*)       WSA 562 061 21
1984 "Wolfsberg Ed." Sup. (printed in Germany 2/84)  WSA 560 427 23

1984 VW Vanagon O/M (printed in Germany 2/84*)       WSA 562 064 21
1984 VW Camper O/M                                   W42 024 960 1

(*I'm going to look over the 8/83 and 2/84 Vanagon Owner's manuals to see
if there is any difference, but I haven't gotten to this yet.)


In the manuals themselves, the part numbers are a little different:
-------------------------------------------
1984 VW Vanagon O/M (printed in Germany 8/83)        000.5620.61.21
1984 "Wolfsberg Ed." Sup. (printed in Germany 2/84)  000.5604.27.23
1984 VW Vanagon O/M (printed in Germany 2/84))       000.5620.64.21
1984 VW Camper O/M                                   W42-024-960-1


Everybody got that?  There'll be a quiz on all of this tomorrow...


Hope that this helps someone, somewhere, sometime...

Marty Wallace
Chico, California
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