American Military also had buyer plans to buy American spec cars for
delivery and use in Germany, then get shipped back to the states when
you rotated back.

The dollar-mark conversion was so horrible in 79 and 80 when I was
stationed there that you couldn't think of doing that on what an E-4
made.

A Westy would have been a great vehicle for two years of duty. Camping
every weekend in the spring and summer...

tim in Aachen Germany

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:02 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 03:48 PM 6/1/2010, Jeff wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm... did VW do European delivery on Westfalias? �If not, the line
>> "BOUGHT
>> NEW IN GERMANY" is definitely a lie.
>
> My '84 full Westy was bought in Michigan, delivered at the factory in
> Germany along with a piece of paper entitling you to one free CAT and
> O2 sensor to replace the straight pipe (since Europe was still using
> leaded gas at that point). �Instead of coming here it ended up in
> Scotland until '92 -- I picked it up from the Navy vehicle shipping
> facility in Bayonne NJ.
>
> Called VW to see if they'd put in the CAT, since the paper specified
> three years. �They said yes, I told the dealer, dealer put it in and
> I went on a honeymoon trip. �Got a frantic call from the dealer "Who
> exactly did you talk to at VWOA?" �Told him and that was that.
>
> Yours,
> David
>

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