Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:43:03 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Another silly trivia question: Bluestar
In-Reply-To: <19f.383de355.301292b1@aol.com>
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Thanks Chris-
Yes- it is the same vehicle as the European
model.
So far what I have been able to find is that
there were only 6,000 made in this color.
There was also a Redstar, and only 89 of them
were made) 89 to reflect on the year of
production)
Now about the windows- they are manual. That may
be the only difference.
It has power mirrors, power door locks.
I have seen only one before in a wrecking yard
the last ten years, and I know where another one
sits in a junkyard. I bought the remaining good
striped jumpseat from it to replace mine which
had a corner chewed off by the PO's dog.
You are welcome to come over Cleary Confused and
compare and take pictures.
There was also a whole VW line of Bluestars in
1989 The Golf, Jetta, Fox, Vanagon and Cabriolet
Wolfsburg Editions (or Hannovers) were all Star
Blue Metallic.
An ad for the Bluestar line went" Limited
availability is only one of their virtues"
Robert
1989 Wolfsburg Weekender for sale "Blauenstern"
--- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 7/22/05 1:28:23 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> gruengeist@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
>
> >
> >
> > I have the exact same van as this (except
> mine has PW and was way
> > cheaper) and I notice he calls it a
> Bluestar--is this correct
> > nomenclature? Is this a VW factory term or
> is has it been coined by
> > the enthusiast community? Are
> leather-wrapped wheels only available
> > on these models?
> >
> >
> http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/85745002.html
> >
> > Clearly confused
> >
> >
>
> thats our very own listmember Robert Keezer's
> van. yes the leather wrapped
> wheels only came on the 89 wolfsburgs. they
> also all had power windows
> too..Robert changed his over from power to
> manual i believe.
> the color is actually "star blue metallic"
> LD5T.
> its a one year, 89 wolfsburg only color.
>
> the '89 wolfsburgs came in the star blue, or
> alpine white, the alpine white
> being the rarer of the colors of the '89
> wolfsburg.
> in Europe, the blue ones were called
> "Bluestars" and the white ones were
> called "Whitestars" yes this is the factory
> name for the '89 Wolfsburg in Europe.
> the european models also said "hannover
> edition" on the black medallions
> rather than "wolfsburg edition" like the US
> models said, otherwise they are the
> SAME vehicle.. same diagonally striped
> multicolored grey velour, same grey
> carpeted sofabed kickpanel, same leather
> wrapped steering wheel, same subwoofer
> in the side table panel, and same grey padded
> dash. if you bought your blue
> 89 wolfsburg in europe, it would have said
> "bluestar" on the sales brochure.
> its easier to just say "Bluestar" or
> "whitestar' and most vanagon enthusiasts
> know what your talking about.. so if you want
> to call it a bluestar, then go
> for it. . because other than being sold in
> america, its technically the same
> thing. (purists may disagree, but who cares
> :<)
>
> chris <---- owns a '84
> Wolfsburg/Carat/Microbus, whatever that is :<)
>
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