According to ETKA, the plastic vents started on VIN# 24xBx085100 which I guess
would make it sometime mid-to-late modelyear 1981

Citerat fr�n "Richard A. Jones" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU>:

> Stan wrote:
> >>The 82 and 83 had the rear plastic vents. The 80-81 had the steel
> vents
> >>in the body panel.
>
> and Myron wrote:
> >>My supposed 81 Westy has plastic vents, but still the full width
> >>rear seat, propane tank in the cabinet, and no stove. Is it really
> >>an 81 or a mis-labeled 82?
>
> My '81 was built in May '81 and has plastic vents.  If any '81s
> had the metal vents, it must have been earlier in the model year.
> Sometime in the model year they also added the blower motor to
> the fresh air box....  What else changed during '81?
>
> It was 20 years ago last week that I purchased my '81.  I was sick
> of being cold after a day of back-country skiing, driving down to
> Boulder in my '76, so I went to the dealer.  He had just gotten
> some '82s in--with carpets.  I didn't tell the dealer I liked the
> rubber mats better and helped him get the '81 (with a gas heater)
> out of his inventory....
>
>                                 Richard A. Jones
>                                 Boulder, Colorado
>                                 '81 Vanagon   Mr Bus
>                                 '87 Syncro Westy   El Jefe
>
>

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