Bigger door map pocket you say, Eh! Frank?

If they are NLA, then perhaps a project for my vacuum forming machine????

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Frank Condelli wrote:

>Here's a bit of Vanagon Trivia I don't recall being  brought up before.  I
>have a '91 Multivan here for service and was out  driving it the other day and I
>notice something strange about the door's map  pocket.  Upon closer
>inspection I find it is longer, 19 " to be  exact, than the ones on all other Vanagons
>I've seen and it is  grey with a black stripe.  Now what's that all about ?
>So  off to ETKA for some info.  Well, yes, the Multivan was given a  special
>door map pocket that all other models were deprived of.  Part  # 255 867 131
>6AW, lite grey, 19" long.  The well known, other  door map pocket, in brown or
>black is part # 281 867 133 plus code for Brown or  Black.  Don't know if they
>are still available as I've not called my  dealer.....yet.......tomorrow !
>Sure would be nice to have MORE  storage space (:-)
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>Happy  Holidays !
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>Frank Condelli
>Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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