JordanVw@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/26/06 8:33:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> inua@CHARTER.NET writes:
>
>
>> This van is a 1988 Transporter. I have a 1988 GL. Can anyone tell me the
>> differences between a Transporter and a GL??
>>
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> is it a real base model "transporter"???  (ie , no frills "Kombi")
> maybe joel can tell us....  joel?
>
> ps, john, dont you have like three '88 vanagons now?
>
> chris

Turns out this is actually a 7 passenger GL. Joel put a genuine
"Transporter" emblem on the rear hatch just to have a little fun. Dunno
where he got it though. Such emblems are hard to come by I expect.

How many vans??? Actually this is the third one I have owned, but this
is the first time I have ever owned two simultaneously. I was actually
sort of looking for  an auto tranny model but I couldn't pass this one by.

What put me into the mode of getting a second one was a lot of down time
and aggravation on my daily driver last year. With two, at least one
should be operational at all times. Yeah, I know, now I have twice the
possibilities of breaking down. Well, I'll live with that.

Actually, I need a daily driver, but I also need a truck. My Burgandy 88
GL will become the truck and the Volksiebus will be the daily driver.
Somewhee out there is an auto tranny Westy with my name on it. That
would complete my fleet.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
88 Volksiebus Driver