And that reminded me:

I had an '85 GL 1.9L WBX whose door jamb plate read "Date of Mfr:
10/84"... It had power steering, but the front stabilizing links were
the dog-leg shape, not the later straight rod-shape. Always figured the
Factory was using up the parts bin stocks in transition to the new
model, but there was also evidence of front-end damage on that van, so
it could have been a collision-shop Frankenstein.

Gus
'90 GL autotrans

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Subject: Re: VanagonmModel year designations

And there were early '84 (like mine), and late '84 that take different
front wheel bearings.  I'm not sure what else is different though.

Pascal
'84 Westy
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I like to call 84 Wolfsburg Westy campers 84.5's since they had a lot of
features that appeared as standard on 85's, power steering, nicer dash,
tach, captains chairs, brown tables, better spice rack, etc etc.