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Subject:Re: Camp stove input requested
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:28:21 -0800

The corduroy is corduroy, like a pair of pants, and is only in '85 & '86
Westy Wolfsburg Weekenders.

The tan '84 material is great, my '84 has the same in blue, and the '87
Weekenders came with a great nubbly tweed that holds up well.

Jake

On 1/31/07, Blake Bilstad <bilstad@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not if it was the fabric that came on my '84 Westy Camper
> Wolfsburg.  Dang,
> that stuff still looks new!  How do I know whether I got corduroy?  It
> does
> feel somewhat textured (sort of), but it's not like a pair of pants.  It's
> the tan interior, for the two-tone brown/tan exterior model.
>
> Blake
> - '84 Wolfy
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
> Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Camp stove input requested
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:38:03 -0800
>
> "I'm glad they were good enough to not charge extra for the corduroy
> interior."
>
> No kidding!  Seeing as how its the shortest lived interior fabric VW ever
> used, there should have been a credit for taking it.
>
> Jake
>
> On 1/30/07, joe trussell <vanagongl@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >I'm glad they were good enough to not charge extra for the corduroy
> >interior.
> >
> >Joe T.
> >
> > >From: Chuck Baird <westyman71@YAHOO.COM>
> > >Reply-To: Chuck Baird <westyman71@YAHOO.COM>
> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > >Subject: Re: Camp stove input requested
> > >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:23:22 -0500
> > >
> > >About the Wolfsburg,
> > >
> > >I have had 2 of these.  First and 86, and now I own an 85.  On both the
> > >equipment was the same.
> > >No stove, sink, etc...
> > >Jumpseat under behind the drivers seat
> > >12V/120V cooler behind the front passenger seat.  Additional "cigar
> > >lighter" plug on the passenger front pedestal for powering the cooler.
> > >
> > >I have the original sticker from my bus
> > >"Wolfsburg Limited Edition III"
> > >Featuring the following items:
> > >Pop-Up Roof with double bed
> > >Cushioned seat behind drivers seat with underseat storage
> > >3-seater rear bench folding to
> > >Removable 110/12 Volt Ice Box
> > >Second 12 volt battery
> > >Folding side table, integrated
> > >Cupholders for passengers in
> > >Corduroy Upholstery
> > >
> > >MSRP
> > >Vanagon 6-seater campmobile       $14,700
> > >Automatic Transmission                450
> > >Bronze Beige Clearcoat Metallic        NC
> > >Beige Corduroy Cloth Interior          NC
> > >4 speaker radio prep                  185
> > >Power steering                        380
> > >Air Conditioning                      990
> > >Destination charge                    320
> > >
> > >Total                             $17,185
> > >
> > >MPG   16 City    19 Highway
> > >
> > >Chuck
> >
> >_________________________________________________________________
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com