In a message dated 11/17/2014 2:05:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM writes:

Where  did you get that, or did you remove the padded dash cover?  Padded 
dashes  have been required in the US since at least the  ‘70s.

only '85 up vanagons had the big dash pad with flat tray area.    unless it 
was a wolfsburg edition.    all other  earlier vanagons just had a tiny pad 
at the edge.