I guess I should enlarge them as well, because that sure looks like my velour!

For the record, when i was a kid, I'm pretty sure my mom dressed me in velour pants as well as
corduroy pants.  These are repressed memories, but hopefully i can still tell the difference.

Jeff

>
> From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
> Date: 2010/03/01 Mon PM 02:24:54 CST
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: OMG...non shredded shreddy tan corduroy!!
>
> Dave, like Chris said,  that Tan Corduroy only came in the 1985 and 1986 VW
> Vanagon Westfalia Weekenders, and it only came in the one colour.
>
> Maybe you should enlarge the pix and look again...
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > My '91 has upholstery that looks like that in the photos except for color
> > (gray instead of tan).  I would call mine velour, too.  Mine also looks like
> > new, despite 150K miles, and my van lived in Arizona for most of its life.
> >  I have thought it was pretty durable stuff.  Not generally true?  DMc
> >
> > ---- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET> wrote:
> > > I have an 85 Westfalia GL, and up until now I thought i had different
> > upholstery than everyone else.  Why
> > > is this called corduroy?  It looks more like velour to me!  Anyway.  My
> > van has 300k kilometres (about
> > > 180k miles) and the upholstery is almost like new.  And believe me I've
> > got a big enough butt to do
> > > some serious damage to the seats if I tried.  I do live north of the 49th
> > if that makes a difference UV
> > > wise as I've never had a garage (sorry except until recently - it now
> > spends winters in a garage).
> > > Pictures available upon request.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> > > > Date: 2010/03/01 Mon PM 12:38:44 CST
> > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > > Subject: OMG...non shredded shreddy tan corduroy!!
> > > >
> > > > this is gotta be a entry for the vanagon book of world records - '85
> > westy
> > > > weekender with 160k and the shreddy tan corduroy is not shredded!!!???
> > > >
> > > > _http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=887785_
> > > > (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=887785)
> > > >
> > > > PO must have sat on a cushion of air  LOL
> > > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
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