At 10:47 PM 9/20/98 -0400, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >In a message dated 98-09-20 20:35:59 EDT, ltim@BELLSOUTH.NET writes: > ><< > > << I was intrigued by Marvin Peitz's note stating that 88-and-later >GL's were > > > at least a foot longer than 87-and-earlier. I've owned almost every year > > > from 86 to 91 and never noticed a difference. Having an 88 and an 87 in > > > the driveway at the moment, both GL's,I dashed out and measured them >both, > > > headlight-to-tailight. They were exactly the same, 169 inches. > > > >> > > > > > > but did you know they are taller too??? yes, about 5/8 inch.. its >because > > > the thickness of the metal. the '88 and later GL's are made with good >metal, > > > instead of the bad metal that the earlier vans were made of. > > > personally, i'd stay away from the earlier vans, because of the quality >of the > > > metal. And this is also why the later vans all came with black finished magnesium folding cupholders to save weight, and as an added bonus, they never break. Unfortuately, VW lost $50 on each cupholder they made, and so they are no longer made. There is one on display in the Lars Anderson automotive museum (near Boston), next to the gasoline pills. Dave |
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