Chris, you explained that the owner manual PHOTOS were sometimes just
there from a European model and that is what I replied to. The TEXT
using the word chrome was certainly not just carried over from a
European model. I have seen enough late Vanagons with steel caps to
believe that SOME came that way. Whether they shipped that way or
dealers installed them later I can't say and don't much care.

I don't consider the pictures in the manuals to prove much since the
books through 86 show the early plastic caps and steel ones while the
later plastic caps show up in the 87 book along with the steel. I think
the change in plastic happened a couple years sooner than reflected in
the book photos.

Mark

jordanvw@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/20/10 9:50:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> mdrillock@COX.NET writes:
>
>
>> Chris, we are not talking just about a picture. The text itself explains
>> how to use the tools to remove the chrome type as well as the plastic
>> type caps.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>
>
> picture, text, you know what i meant, mark... i have a *few* vanagon
> owners manuals laying around ;)
>