What the heck is a multivan any way??? I have a carat, just a black map pocket.., [and honestly I'd rather store something else here.., its hard to stick your fingers into it to get a map.., if you left you door open in the rain the maps would get wet.., I might just remove mine, or put in slotted wood so I can store pens.., Staedtler Triplus Ball pens in black ink are probably the best stick pens in the world today..,]

Anyway, I have seen a sticker on my van calling it a multivan, but the moniker on the rear says Carat.., 

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From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Vanagon Trivia

> 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 (:-)
> 
> Happy  Holidays !
> 
> Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy,  '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
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> 

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