This is one of those little bits of pointless minutiae that's been
bothering me since I got my Vanagon. Why is it that some have that 3-sided
stamped-in "tray" area on the passenger side of the dashboard, and others
do not? It looks like the pre-84's didn't have it, and MOST of the 85 and
later one's do. But there seem to be exceptions. My 1990, for example
doesn't have it, but most 90's I see do. Is it because mine is one of the
less common base models made in Graz, Austria, where they normally made
Syncros? Do Syncro models not have the dash tray? Am I insane to be
obsessing on this? Anyone crazy like me want to see my quick-and-dirty
photo survey on the subject? <bange.us/dash>

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"