this appears to be a modified L or non GL 88 vanaagon.  i just pulled the
bed and front rubber mat out of one of these that has been in a yard in
the detroit area for almost 10 years.  i had the chance to buy it when it
came in smashed in the rear corner.  my understanding is that they were
special order at the dealer.  they came like this from my understanding.

black rubber floor mats front and rear
grey tweed seat fabric (super duty)
analog clock instead of the tach that was in all other vans at the time

i think perhaps some other things were options but might have been
standard.  the one i parted had

AC and the big AC tunnel down the center.
tweed rear facing jump seats
tweed rear 'weekender' bed.
rear heater under the seat.
rear seat shoulder belts.

in this one it appears it never had AC or power steering.  at some point
the interior seats were changed from the tweed to the current interior.
see those cutouts in the rear bed cushion.  those are for the AC ducts
when the van has AC which this one doesn't.  that plastic tunnel from the
heater over the floor pointing to the back is for when you don't have a
rear heater under the back seat.  the diesels came with this piece and the
heater was an option.  vw finally admitted it wouldn't fly in the NA
market and made the rear heater standard for the most part.

all back in the good old days.  a month or so i was at the dealer getting
some parts and looking over the new rabbit.  the only option you can strip
there is the auto tranny :(.

jonathan

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Peter T. Owsianowski wrote:

> Volks:
>
> I just posted this add for my brother on the Samba.
>
> It's for a different kind of Vanagon with a "Carrier" logo on the front.  It
> is unique in that it is a 1988 model year, but has a pre- '86 round
> headlight grill.  Also, no slider windows and a nifty center heater rube on
> the floor.
>
> If anyone has any info on it, would be interested to know.  My brother got
> it in a trade for his VW Golf and can't handle 3 buses.  His other two are
> an '87 Wolfsburg Weekender and an '85 Westy.
>
> Check it out:
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=462790
>
>
>
> --
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> '02 Audi A6 Avant
> WWW. Busesbythebeach.com
>
>
>