Excuse me for butting in. This sort of wrangle happens a lot here (UK) as
well, not that I've had a VW bent.

I can see theres an issue at stake about the value and whether repairs will
exceed this. If so, do you get the right to buy the vehicle back at a silly
price like we usually do, I've just got paid �850 for a car (v. low mileage
so worth much more) but bought it back for �50, so receiving �800 which
allows me to choose where and when that damage is fixed.

Is this common there, as the damage doesn't look that bad, or is it
bananered?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 3:23 AM
Subject: Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg

> At 6/27/02 08:40 PM, you wrote:
> >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
>
>
> That is an exact description of the van as I bought it.  Including the
> missing fridge.  Mine has clock and not tach.  Here's a link to photos of
> the damage.  Estimates came in about $2000-2500.  Insurance is claiming a
> value of $1200-1475.  I have discussed this previously on the list in the
> thread:  "Battering Ram vs. Ford Escort"
>
> Tim Hannink asked the question that tweaked my brain into realizing
> something here:  Aha!  That is the key!  There are no chrome window
> moldings, except on the rear hatch, where the GL badge is.  The rear hatch
> was replaced by a PO.  So it is probably not a GL, just the hatch came
from
> a GL.
>
> Edward
>
> http://buncombe.main.nc.us/~emaglott/pp010/index.htm
>