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Subject:Re: Vanagon trivia
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:40:31 -0700

On 8/11/08, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> dear all body syncro /vanagon
>
> reading the string of posts detailing the journey and creation of syncro
> and
> 2wd bodies-
> well-
> this explains why my recently imported
> 1989 type 3 california model 6 speed diesel vanagon westfalia

Roger, you must mean "T3" rather than "Type 3", right? Vanagons are Type 2
T3's as opposed to the Type 3 cars.

has the hump in the floor at the gear shift boot

Do you mean that raised section on the floor? IIRC it is a vent system to
bring heat to the rear section. I took mine off
to gain floor space in my Doka.

BenT