I always thought that the VIN reflected "Model Year" regardless of actual
date of manufacture.

Larry A.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:30 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         Is it possible that it is an 86 that the VIN Plate says was Built
> in Late85 so the owner
>
> thinks it's an 85 ~
>
>                                                         ORR ~ DeanB
>
>
> On 7 Oct , 2014, at 10:53 AM, PSD wrote:
>
> > I noticed that.
> > Either swapped or owner doesn't know the model year.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Larry Alofs
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 8:43 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Unintended deceleration?
> >
> > Rectangular headlights?
> >
> > Larry A.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 12:54 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> > camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "1985 VANAGON runs drives and stops."
> >>
> >> <http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/4702686703.html>
> >>
> >> Not mine, I know nothing.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> >> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> >> Bend, Ore.
> >>
>