In a message dated 6/27/02 6:11:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US writes:

>
> I am trying to prove to my insurance company that my van is not a basic
> vanagon so they don't total it.  They say that according to the VIN, it is
> a basic 7 passenger van.  It came to me as what I call a "weekender."  Pop
> top, but no stove and sink.  It has the Wolfsburg badges at the front, and
> the GL after the Vanagon on the rear hatch.  I read in the archives on
> this, and found some info.  One person said that in 86 the Wolfsburg is
> what I call the weekender, with the pop top and single side cabinet in the
> back.  Also supporting that theory is the Supplemental owners manual I got
> with the van saying it is a "Camper Wolfsburg Edition."  Anybody seen an 86
> Wolfsburg that was not a pop top "weekender" type of van?
>
> The other question is about the GL designation.  Was there another version
> of the van in 86?  Some references in the archives indicated the GL got
> cloth seats vs. vinyl, and carpet instead of rubber floor mats, and
> upholstered door panels.  Mine has all that stuff, but how can I document
> that those things came on the GL.  Anybody got some sales literature from
> the period?
>
> The adjuster is trying to claim that someone just took the badges off
> another van and put them on mine.  I think the Supplemental manual helps me
> prove that what I have is a Wolfsburg.  I can take pictures showing that
> the van matches the manual.  Would like to have something similar to prove
> it is a GL.
>
> Edward
>

you have a '86 westy weekender, wolfsburg edition.  some were wolfsburgs,
some werent. these were also known as Non-GL campers.  why yours has a "GL"
on the hatch, i dont know..   do you have a tachometer or a analog clock?
All the '85-'86 westy weekenders have the tan corduroy interior, tan carpet,
with single fixed jumpseat w/ storage box underneath, behind the driver, tan
plastic sidepanels w/ flip out table on the drivers side, and full width
westy sofabed , and cabinet in the left rear w/ big and small door in the
face, as well as overhead rear cabinet, and poptop. you dont have swival
seats, but instead have a 12v outlet under the inner pass seat pedestal, to
which a portable electric Dometic fridge was plugged into. the fridges are
usually missing.  I just parted one of these westy weekenders out, also a
'86.   they were made from '85-'87.  the '87's had either blue or tan tweed,
the blue being extremely rare. Its impossible that the VIN comes up as a
"passenger van"  as all westys have special numeric designation in the VIN
denoting them as being partially assembled at Hannover then shipped to
Weidenbruck for completion at the Westfalia-werke factory.

what happened to your van that would deem it totalled?
chris