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Subject:Re: Westy - 2nd battery
From:Jeff
Date:Sun, 4 Apr 1999 15:48:24 -0500

I have an '85 Westfalia Wolfsburg. It came with table, cabinets, poptop, dometic
"cooler" (110/Cigarette Plug), the shredded cordouroy and an auxiliary battery. 

JW

On 4/4/99 at 2:33 PM, akimmons@PDQ.NET (A. Kimmons) wrote:

> 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.
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