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Subject:Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
From:mark drillock
Date:Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:36:05 -0700

That door is from an 89 that was for sale with a bad engine or
something. It was purchased and then parted out by a guy who does that
as a business. Here you can see his ad for the various parts from the
oddly painted van listed as from an 89.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1683816

Mark

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
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>
> that baby blue and white door with the black beltline stripe is a '85-'91
> door.   you can tell by the sliding doorhandle area recess embossed in  the
> metal.   the '85-'91 area is smaller than the '80-'84 area.
>
> i had to do a doubletake, since that baby blue and white color  scheme was
> mostly used on '83-'84 models..  but its definitely a  repaint of a '85 up
> door.
>