In a message dated 10/05/2010 9:17:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        I don't think this has  anything to do with headlights.  It has to
do with the years 1980 ~ 1985  Vanagons having a lot of their components No
Longer Available, NLA.   We are getting to the same stage with the 1986 ~
1991 vans so maybe it's a  mute point.  PLUS, the '86 forward vans have more
creature comforts.

>>>>>>>Where is this "avoid round headlights"  stuff coming from? The round
headlights are doubtlessly the better of the  Vanagon's two versions,
if indeed headlights are the issue. It they are not  the issue, but are
merely a convenient way of roughly dating a vanagon into  earlier and
later models, I'm not so sure about that  either.<<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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