I had a visit from a customer driving a 89 Westy Joker Turbo Diesel last
week. It was the first time I have seen a Joker in real life and it was
pretty cool. For those of you who may not know what one of these is they
are a permanently raised hightop like an Adventurewagen except made by
Westfalia and only sold in Europe. The interior in his looked very
similar to the interior of a normal poptop Westy with a few exceptions.
There was a factory cabinet near the sliding door that looks like a seat
and can be used as a seat. It is supposed to contain a chemical toilet.
The van also had a factory installed furnace and grew water tank. On the
Westy instrument panel where you normally flip that tiny switch to see
your water level, battery condition, and fridge light status there was
another small switch below the normal one. He told me this was for a
heater that heated the propane if the temperatures got really low (so
many degrees below zero). Also the propane tank was bigger than what we
would see here in the states. All of the windows in the camper area were
double pane plastic (similar to what a factory Westy skylight looks
like). It is supposed to give you a higher insulation factor for camping
but just like the factory skylights these windows go bad with age. I
would much rather have the glass ones myself.

He lives in the Philly area now and the van is powder blue so some of
you folks may see it around.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Stephen Grisanti wrote:
> While watching �Criminal Minds� on TV last night
> (forgive me) they chased down a suspect and there were
> three extremely brief glimpses, all from the left rear
> quarter, of a grey Vanagon hardtop parked nearby.  The
> Vanagon was not harmed in the encounter.
>
> And Richmond�s elusive Silver Syncro Adventurewagen
> was stopped at a light this morning as I drove our
> real car to work.  The young driver probably would not
> have understood excitement from a Honda driver, so I
> tried not to get too excited.
>
> Stephen
>
>
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