All the best Volkswagens have round headlights.  I guess it's a matter of
personal taste, but even the Rabbit, with its square lines, looked better
with round headlights as did the A1 Scirocco.  The Dasher?  Ugly no matter
what.

I think the square headlights on a Vanagon make it look part-Oldsmobile...

Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy (round headlights)

>From: monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
>Reply-To: monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Head Lights - 85-86
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:59:53 -0700
>
>yeah you can
>
>the grill just switches over and there are certainly archived threads
>on this.
>
>although i've heard some say that the vanagon should never have had the
>round lights as they are too strange with the square lines of the
>vehicle but myself i like 'em - they're like having grandpa's eyes.
>
>monte
>
>On May 9, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
>
>I have briefly mentioned my 85 1.9 GL to 86 2.1 situation. I appreciate
>the
>responses I received. My next question is this: If I decide to make the
>86
>the "host" vehicle can I convert the rectangle head lights of the 86 to
>the
>round head lights of the 85? I apologize in advance if this is an old
>topic
>and I appreciate your input.
>
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>
>
>Jeff Lincoln
>
>
>"I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am still
>on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to concerning
>them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have
>met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of the horse, and
>even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they seemed as anxious
>to recover them as if they had lost them themselves." - henry thoreau

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