In a message dated 1/5/09 6:07:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM writes:

> While I defend the right of a vehicle owner to treat it as s/he wishes, I
> really hate to see a vehicle trashed.  There's a Wolfsburg Edition hardtop
> living nearby and I spotted it in the lot of a tire place today.  Stopped for a
> close look and saw that it got new Tiger Paws installed on its scuffed and
> corroded alloys.  It's got a vanity plate that practically brags VW awareness
> but the right side cladding is missing and nearly every panel is dented.
> Worst of all, the groovy diagonal striped blue interior is loaded with gas weed
> whackers, dirty tools and a big Jobox that can't be doing the interior any
> good.  What a conflict!  Maybe it's the guy's only ride and it does exactly what
> he wants of it, but some folks would kill to have that van in better shape.
> I had my camera but declined to take a pic, not wanting to document the
> decline.
>
>

sounds like the '89 Bluestar i parted out (same model as you describe above
aka '89 wolfy).  The DPO (and i stress the "D" in DPO) used it for a work
truck.  the diagonally striped rear sofabed was ripped up from loading drywall and
plywood, rear cushion had paint spilled on it,  front seatbacks had holes
jammed in them from loading lumber in it, headliner ripped up etc. .
the only thing that survived was the jumpseats, which had been stored in his
basement..
i got the van after DPO blew the heads and then threw the motor out (yea, in
the garbage!)  at that point it was too far gone to fix.

i still have the van, i use it for storage of parts..

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