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Subject:Re: 84 Westy Wolfie with 47k orig miles on Ebay
From:neil N
Date:Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:50:35 -0700

Thanks Jack.

Yah those stickers sure look pristine. I noticed those too.

I know nothing of the colour schemes used by VW, and it's really hard
to tell from the images,  but the paint itself looks a little "misty"
for lack of  a better term.

Might be a sweet deal if it's for real.

Neil.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
> My original 84 Westy Wolfie which I purchased in 1987 has brown table arms,
> both front and rear.
>
> By the look of the stickers this may be original paint, but I believe the
> original 84 had a wider multi color (earth tone) pin strip along the side at
> the top of the dark brown.  My 84 had already been repainted once when I
> purchased it in 87, but I've seen two others with that exact same strip.
>
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: neil N [mailto:musomuso@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 12:29 PM
> To: Jack R.
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: Re: 84 Westy Wolfie with 47k orig miles on Ebay

> I"m curious about the arm on the forward swing table.
>
> It's painted brown.
>
> Did VW start painting the arms after a certain year? Is it possible
> someone repainted it to spruce up the look?
>
> Plus, does that look like the original body paint? (quality)