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Found these

IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q68/west20v/westy4.jp g[/IMG]

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Originally posted by YouJoker YouJoker wrote:

GB 0001. The first right hand drive Britsh market Westy?????????

Someone may have struck gold!



I wouldnt go celebrating yet....

The second set of numbers appears to be something to do with the interior layout and spec.

Mines and '85 Club Joker, and its  G0008.

Now, its Germany market, so you could guess that the G was "Germany".... except, being German it would be a 'D' surely

I'll get a thread going in the westy forum where we can all post our codes, years and "models" and see if we can find a pattern



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 19:29
Originally posted by YouJoker YouJoker wrote:

GB 0001. The first right hand drive Britsh market Westy?????????

Someone may have struck gold!

Made me laugh when i saw it, never seen the 1st production of anything before.  Great badge.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 19:13
Going down to van tomorrow (at mother-in-laws as I have no space!) and I'll have a look.  I've had the interior all out though due to new rear quarters and full respray and can't remember seeing one...hmmm.  I'll take some decent pics too of the units.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 19:08

GB 0001. The first right hand drive Britsh market Westy?????????

Someone may have struck gold!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 19:05

Originally posted by west20v west20v wrote:

I'll have to have a good look at mine, where did you find the plate?

It's on the cupboard, next to the bed, you'll see it with the sliding door open.

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Where the gas bottle is located, but on the outside of the cabinet.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 19:03
I'll have to have a good look at mine, where did you find the plate?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 18:59

Originally posted by The Weatherman The Weatherman wrote:

What does the GB mean?

Gritish Bass

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 18:58

could be Great Britain?

 

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What does the GB mean?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 18:54

Originally posted by west20v west20v wrote:

Is that a "GB" there as well?

 

Yep

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 18:51
Is that a "GB" there as well?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 07 at 17:15

Was out pottering about in the camper today, and Andy noticed this, I hope you can see it.

I don't know how many of these Westy's were made, but it appears that this was the first one!!! Ther serial number ends 0001.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Mar 07 at 13:44

OK, here are some pics of mine...

The roof is being cleaned at the moment so the missus won't let me in there, but here are some pics from this morning:

What other pics would people like to see?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Mar 07 at 20:23
It would be great to find out the production figures etc. for RHD Westy's, but issue about the roof doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't a Westfalia factory conversion. The roof looks like it was originally a sliding steel sunroof model. It is also not straight forward to convert a T3 from LHD to RHD. In Europe I guess RHD vehicle production is very small compared to LHD. Over the years VW have done odd things to save on production costs, and in some cases eventually retooled and produced RHD panels and parts. Take the MK2 Golf for example, for its first four years of production RHD models had the wipers on the 'wrong' side for us, but the MK1 had previously been available with the appropriate wipers for its country of purchase. MK1 servo brakes - enough said.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Mar 07 at 14:13

The mosaic joker roof kit contains a reinforcement plate, the one that the roof struts sit on and is riveted all the way round. It is a different colour to your van roof so a hole was cut in your roof. Campers that left the factory had a complete roof from front screen to tail gate and the rear section of this roof is flat not curved like a normal van roof. There bed system is a two part job ours is a three part job. The big plastic thing the rear bed section sits on is to combat the curviture of a normal roof. This means yours and mine did'nt leave the factory as a camper but was converted afterwards.

Can anyone read the codes and advise what they mean.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Mar 07 at 06:28

YOU CANT EDUCATE GAMMON

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Mar 07 at 21:12

Its all very confusing!!!!

What I don't understand is that the roof section seems far too "factory", not just a hole chopped in. Its got quality spot and seam welds and the fit is as you would expect from the factory, also the paint is continuous from front to back throughout the van roof section, like it was painted after the roof section was fitted.  I have got to go and see this bloke and FIND THE TRUTH!

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