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Subject:Re: 1990 Carat L ? ? ?
From:J Stewart
Date:Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:40:24 +0000

Could be, I used to have a '68 that had left over '67 parts on it, door handles, rear view mirror, etc. Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Drew" <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:23:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: 1990 Carat L ? ? ?

Maybe they were getting to the end of the production run and realized that
they had a surplus of SOME parts, and a deficit of others . . . :-)

Just a thought.

-D

It was kinda stupid. They stripped down a Vanagon giving you the rubber
> mats instead of carpet and the old metal dash board instead of the foam one
> (how much money are we saving here a hundred or less?). It had the black
> metal front and rear bumpers instead of the fiberglass ones that all of the
> 89-91 Vanagons normally had and no side cladding. If it were stripped down
> then there would be some sense to it. But this one had A/C, power steering,
> power mirrors, power door locks, and power windows as well. The rear seat
> turns into a bed (of scratchy wool material). It makes you wonder who would
> order such a stripped down model and then add all of the extras.

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