At 13:44 19/01/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>In lieu of the regularly scheduled spam war, I thought I'd start a new
>thread:
>
>What is the most interesting "thing" (that could mean a story, too) that
>you found in/about your van after buying it from a PO?

Um... the WHOLE damn Double Cab!

Front to rear mods when I bought it.

- Ford Areostar bumper -> still there
- Extended nose with lights 3" lower -> why, why, why, why...
- Smurf blue dash, steering wheel, gear shift, basically every piece of
plastic in the cab. -> all black now (whew)
- Ford Areostar bucket seats -> unfortunatly still there (anyone have a
spare set of Recaros)
- Ford Areostar rear seat -> replace with a VW original seat
- Fridge between the seats -> gone (never worked in the first place)
- Dual Sunroofs -> drip drip (now fixed)
- Rear side windows were chopped and lowered 6"
- Mini blinds in the rear windows -> gone!
- Plastic trim around the body -> gone!
- Aluminum canopy -> replace with VW original canvas canopy
- Carpet in the truck bed -> was used for sleeping
- Natural Gas Converion -> 1/3 the HP / 1/2 the economy (gone!)
- Ford Areostar rear bumper -> gone, now there is a beefy metal tube bumper.
- No Syncro badge -> shame!
- 225/50 16" tires -> low rider Syncro!

If Syncro Double Cabs with factory 16" wheels wern't so rare (and so cheap)
it would have stayed on the lot!

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