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Subject:Re: 88 Westy FS mystery
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 1 Jun 2010 22:02:26 -0400

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