Greg,

Nope.  It's an 86'.  It must have been one of the last
vans sold as an 86.  It has the newer style fuses.
I've been able to determine that mine is the newer
version of the 86' because someone sent me some info
about VIN numbers.   I was just wondering becuase they
often ask for the VIN when I go to the parts counter
because of the mid-year changes.

Thanks for the reply,
Greg Stelz
86 GL to Westy conversion

Date:    Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:32:15 -0500
From:    Greg Kessler <kessler@OHIO.EDU>
Subject: Re: 1986 production changes

If it was produced in 5/86 wouldn't it be an 87?

I know mine (an 86) was produced in 5/85 and it has
the ATC type fuses
not
the old ones like my 73 Thing has...also the one other
difference is
the AC
Compressor is the Sanden 508 Model not the 709 (or 7
hundered something
anyway) that places advertise as "fitting all 86-91"

Greg

86 Westy (produced West Germany 5/85)
73 Thing (Hecho en Mexico 6/72)
99 Subaru (Made in Indiana 7/98)

On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:02:25 -0800, David Marshall
<vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
wrote:

>Do you have the ATC or the older style fuses?  My
01/86 has the older
>'beetle' style fuses.
>
>David Marshall
>
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>Of Greg Stelz
>Sent: March 23, 2002 8:01 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: 1986 production changes
>
>
>Hi folks,
>
>I have an 86 GL produced in 5/86
>VIN:  WV2YB0257GH116685
>
>I know there were some minor production changes
>sometime in 86.  What are these changes, and was my
>vanagon produced before or after these changes?  I
>couldn't find this specifically stated anywhere in
the
>Bentley manual.
>
>Thanks,
>Greg
>
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