My '86 was had a metal cover.  My '91 is plastic but it also came with a
felt cover over the whole engine area.

Charles Michaux
'91 Westy (36K)

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> From: Ron Lussier <coyote@zuni.chaco.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: Pad over engine & Fire extinguisher
> Date: Friday, January 24, 1997 1:26 PM
> 
> At 12:05 PM 1/24/97 -0600, SyncroHead@aol.com wrote:
> >Concerning the engine lid though, all later models (87+) I've seen came
wth
> >the plastic lid, while and 82 diesel's I saw came with the heavy metal
lid.
> > I think VW changed over sometime between 82 & 86 from metal to plastic
on
> >all the lids.
> >
> >Does anyone know when this change was made?
> 
> I'm fairly sure that my '90 has a metal lid.
> 
> Ron
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