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Subject:Re: Westy - 2nd battery
From:A. Kimmons
Date:Sun, 4 Apr 1999 14:33:51 +0000

That's what I have and it's never had an auxiliary battery...

Jim Davis wrote:

> In a message dated 99-04-03 21:14:20 EST, wdavidson@THEGRID.NET writes:
>
> > my understanding (and I could be wrong), is that none of the Westfalias came
> >  with auxiliary batteries. Apparently only the Weekenders came with
> auxiliary
> >  batteries because they were not equiped with propane to run the fridge when
> >  the engine was not running.
>
> The "weekenders" you mention are just as much Westfalias as the more fully
> equipped models.  However, these Vanagon Campers (Westfalias) without stove &
> refrigerators were not ever called "Weekender" by VW.  When VW used the term
> "Weekender" in reference to Vanagons it was to describe an feature in
> passenger model vans where folding rear seat that makes into a bed with a
> cushion over the engine.
>
> Regards,
> Jim Davis