In a message dated 4/3/05 9:05:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, l_levi1@YAHOO.COM 
writes:

> I've got an 86 westy that's had me wondering about
> something....There's a Transporter emblem attached on
> the back. What's up with that? The p.o. said this van
> was bought in Germany and brought over. The inside
> door plate says "incomplete vehicle manufactured"
> 

whats the speedo in? MPH or KPH?  do the front turn signals have a little 
"notch" out of them between the screws and no reflectors?   does the drivers 
doorjamb sticker say "this vehicle confirms to all USDOT regs for the date of 
Manufacture"? 

European market Westfalias were badged as "transporters"   but the ones 
destined for US markets were badged as vanagons, even if they were sold in europe.. 
  all westys have the "incomplete vehicle manufactured" as part of the 
drivers doorjamb sticker..as the bodies were built by VW in Hannover and then 
shipped, incomplete, to Westfalia weidenbr�ck to be made into the campers.

prolly the orig owner just stuck a transporter badge on there, while he was 
over there touring in europe after he bought it in europe, if everything else 
meets US spec.  i got some cool euro badges the last time i was in europe.. 
just walk into a vw parts dept and buy them..

my ex '86 westy was also purchased in europe, spent the first 4 yrs of its 
life over there, and then was shipped over to the states in '90. 
it was badged as a vanagon, like all US market vans.

chris
who has a SA "microbus" badge on his vanagon..