In a message dated 12/3/99 2:51:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
bpremack@WAVETECH.NET writes:

<< Has anyone ever seen an interior like this in an U.S. spec Vanagon, or is
 this a European model that somehow ended up in Minnesota?
  >>

i had a '83.5 Nine pass GL sunroof van (white over blue, w/ brown vinyl int)
that Md. lister Tom Forhan now owns, and has restored and last time i heard,
was using it as his daily driver.  9 pass vanagons are rare in the US,
especially GL models, let alone one's w/ sunroofs.  I think James Cohen also
has one of these identical to the one i had - these are the only two 9 pass
sunroof vanagons i've ever heard of..

the brown cord interior was used mostly in the early '80-'83 "L" models
(forerunner of the "GL"), and in some '83-'86 non GL passenger models - the
latter being extremely rare.  tho i do believe if you wanted a cloth interior
in a 9 pass (which almost always came in vinyl) you got the brown cord,
rather than the velour.   I've never seen a US model 9 pass van newer than
'83.5, but i heard about a Texas lister a few years ago that was reported to
have a '86 nine pass. Not sure if it was a Canadian model or not. think it
might have been, tho.

chris