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Subject:Re: Vanagon/Westaflia hybrid?
From:Timothy Hannink
Date:Sat, 14 Sep 2002 04:44:44 -0700

It sounds like someone added a Westfalia pop-top to a
non-camper Vanagon. What year was it? Is it a GL model
van? A "Wolfsburg" camper would have had a side table,
a rear facing jumpseat behind the driver and a rear
cabinet with a large side door.

--- "T." <midgard@DRAGON.ORG> wrote:
> Yes, this had a sleeper bed that folded out up there
> in the attic.
> That was the ONLY thing that was camper-ish about
> this Vanagon -- a
> pop-top bed in the roof in an otherwise normal
> Vanagon. Its almost
> embarrassing to call it a weekender when there is no
> cabinetry at
> all, only van as far as the eye can see. Oh, it did
> have these cute
> blinds all inside it. I thought the were
> aftermarket, but maybe that
> was a "feature" too?
>
> At 10:39 PM -0400 9/13/02, Ben T wrote:
> >Timothy,
> >
> >If it has a bed on top, that is probably a
> Wolfsburg Edition
> >Weekender. They were also referred to as the Base
> Camper. As in base
> >model w/o too many camper options.
> >
> >BenT

=====
Tim Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album

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