In a message dated 12/21/04 1:27:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
hfinn@INGRATES.NET writes:

> This is one of those little bits of pointless minutiae that's been
> bothering me since I got my Vanagon. Why is it that some have that 3-sided
> stamped-in "tray" area on the passenger side of the dashboard, and others
> do not? It looks like the pre-84's didn't have it, and MOST of the 85 and
> later one's do. But there seem to be exceptions. My 1990, for example
> doesn't have it, but most 90's I see do. Is it because mine is one of the
> less common base models made in Graz, Austria, where they normally made
> Syncros? Do Syncro models not have the dash tray? Am I insane to be
> obsessing on this? Anyone crazy like me want to see my quick-and-dirty
> photo survey on the subject? <bange.us/dash>
>
>

all '85 up US models had the vinyl molded dashpad w/ tray and maplite except
the 90-91 NON-GL vanagons.

chris