Chris:
FWIW, my '86 GL with silver exterior has the black interior you described,
with black headrests.

Cary

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: Dark Grey interior panels needed (rare black and grey
interior??)

> In a message dated 12/2/03 4:45:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jon.hathaway@VERIZON.NET writes:
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >         I've just been made aware that the darker grey interior was
> > available in the Wolfsburg Limited Edition models in at least '85-'86,
> > maybe even as late '87...
> >
> >
>
> actually i must beg to differ..  the 87 up wolfsburgs and carats all have
the
> same interior, aside from the 89 wolfy (blue or whitestar) which was the
> one-off diagonal striped upholstery (im parting out a 89 wolfy if anyone
needs the
> diagonal striped seats)  the carat/wolfy grey velour seats "may" appear
> "darker" to some, as the check pattern is much smaller and closer than in
the
> '87-91 GL grey velour, which has the small thin "plaid" pattern.  Jon,
your '86 may
> have the rare "black vinyl" on the back of the seatbacks, with the grey
> velour on the fronts of the seats.  this interior was used on very few 85
and 86
> GL's, before the all grey was "oficially" introduced in '87. i have only
seen
> one of these pre-87 grey interiors ever - and it was in a flash silver 85
GL,
> and had the black vinyl on the seatbacks/grey velour on seating surfaces -
and
> IIRC black vinyl doorpanels w/ the grey velour insert..  very rare... ive
never
> seen it in a 86, but im sure it could have been offered in 86 also.   the
> black vinyl seatback interiors werent too common.. most of the flash
silver and
> wolfram grey 85-86 GL vans got the blue velour.
> anyway, does your 86 gl have the black vinyl on the seatbacks?
>
> chris
>
>