In a message dated 96-07-05 21:20:39 EDT, chawk@juno.com (j g shepard)
writes:

> While I was there I
>spotted another Vanagon with some type of spoiler mounted under the
>front bumper. It looked like a factory item. Does anyone know if this
>was a factory item?

In the USA this air dam on the front of Vanagons first appeared on the 1987
Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Edition and has been on most Vanagons since - all with
the fiberglass bumpers.  The base van models on 1990 & 1990 returned to the
steel bumbers and lacked the front air dam.

Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg