First I need to confess that I have been wondering if I have "GL" since I
joined the list and started seeing "Westy" and "Wolfsburg" and "GL" bandied
about...I looked in all the pamphlets the PO (and original O) gave me, and
I looked at the sticker that has the chassis number and paint code, and I
looked on the door sticker and and and...and just now it occured to me to
walk out to the garage and look at the stoopid plastic dealie on the right
of the back hatch that I've never really read (it says something about it
being a VW, right?) and there it was-- "VanagonGL".  God my ass hurts from
falling off that turnip truck after I was born yesterday....  Whew!  I hope
that's the most trouble I'll have with this van (heh heh)

ok, NOW-- did the 85 GL come with mudflaps? if not, are they available and
how does the needed hardware work?  VanaBlue has no flaps, and the PaintGuy
said that a lot of the lower sliding door area nicks could have been
prevented by a mudflap there. (I'm considering having a layer of rock-guard
stuff painted on below the topcoat around the entire botom 6 inches or so
of the van, as I live on a gravel road in the country.)

Also, does anyone else feel like they are climbing Everest when getting
into the front seat? I have to grab the steering wheel to pull myself up
off the step that is too far forward of the seat to be of complete help. Is
there another step made for the driver's side door that could bolt on or
something?

--Patrice
85 (ahem) GL "Vana Blue"