On 10/14/05, George Goff <THX0001@aol.com> wrote:

<< I've been meaning to check into the bumper height requirement for PA. I
have
a vague memory of seeing a sooty, yellowed inspection chart at a garage
years
ago which called out a required bumper height. This especially comes to mind
whenever I pull into a parking spot next to a monster truck wannabe (or
Expedition) and find myself looking up at its door handles. >>

George,
 I don't know about your Vanagon but the window sill on my stock height 1989
Syncro 16 is a few inches higher than the standard Ford Expedition.

--
BenT