Hi Jeff,

In "type 2 speak", a Kombi is a passenger van with no middle seat.
This was a popular model for camping conversions as well as for light
commercial duty.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 5-Jun-07, at 12:33 AM, Jeff Oxroad wrote:

> It's interesting. My guess is the Weekender interior was added
> later by a
> previous owner. The "X" in the position it is in on the VIN #
> indicates it is a
> "Kombi".
>
> Now what is a Kombi? Because I don't exactly know. But I think most
> of our
> Passenger Vanagons have an Y in that position for a Vanagon and/or
> a Z for a
> camper in the place where this Carrier has the X.
>
> I seem to remember seeing this style bus from the late 80s on the
> Samba for
> sale once or twice with no sliding windows in the sliding door or
> middle
> positon. They were bare bones vehicles to be used as work vehicles
> so the back area
> was not furnished with seats or paneling. The dash was not padded.
> I've never
> seen the "carrier" logo. I have seen the later 80s Crew Cabs with
> the round
> headlights so maybe this was the set up for a work vehicle.
>
> If someone has carfax maybe running the VIN would shed some light.
>
> Interesting, though. Definately interesting.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA, CA
>
>
> In a message dated 6/4/2007 6:59:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
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