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Subject:Re: leather Vanagon steering wheel from VW?
From:Angus Gordon
Date:Sat, 6 Sep 2003 10:01:30 -0400

>ive never seen a carat with one? (i had a 90 carat, just had regular strg
>wheel) , but i know that all the '89 wolfsburgs w/ the grey dash pad, and
>diagonally striped seats had factory leather wrapped steering wheels..

This Chris sure knows his stuff. I have one of these aforementioned '89's
and hadn't even realized that it had the elusive leather wrapped steering
wheel. My vehicle has the Wolfsburg emblems, but I had always considered it
to be a Carat also, as it has the rear-facing jump seats and fold-out table
etc.

The VIN number also came up with a Carat designation at the insurance company.

It has a Westfalia ID plate attached to the rear seat valence. Were all
Carat interiors made by Westfalia?

Can I call this a Wolfsburg Westfalia Carat ?  :-)

Here's a photo of the priceless leather wrapped wheel -

http://bworks.net/vw/caratwheel.htm

Angus

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Angus Gordon                       '89 Carat
NW Ohio                            '86 Syncro

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