On 4/15/05, Jimt Thomson <camper@tactical-bus.info> wrote:
> smells very bad to me.  the prototype would never have made it to the US.
> would have been destroyed at the German plant.  the westfalia logo is the
> older style logo.  too many questions on that one to go into all.  very
> nice product though.  curious about who the real mfr was,
> jimt
> 

jimt,

Here's the Seller's reply to the manufacturing question:

"A: I am not the one building these. It was a limited edition designed
and built bya group of Westfalia enthusiasts in Argentina. The person
in charge of the project is a friend of mine. I was part of the
"design team". We still have the mold, but no immediate plans to make
more.  "

That comment is in the Q&A section of the auction.

BenT