Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:05:01 -0500
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Nice piece of info David. I guess the "campmobile" moniker has been around for a while. I was under the impression it only applied to the early stuff. My '59 and '61 campers (busses) were advertised using that name. Westfalia put in the interiors and roof hatch from the factory supplied empty bus. No decals on the outside advertising that. Those, and earlier, "Campers" saved the coach maker Westfalia, and a bunch of folks who worked there. from going under after WW II. Volkswagen saved them and, up until Winnebago took over with the Eurovan, blessed us with a very well designed interior.
Dave B.
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sat, Feb 17, 2018 11:49 am
Subject: Re: Original tent was:Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Feb 2018 to 14 Feb 2018 (#2018-55)
Hi Eric, Campmobile is the marketing name that VW gave to the full camper,
with beds, pop top, kitchen, what most on the list call a "full Westy," I
guess because the conversion was done by the VW subsidiary Westfalia and
that name appears as a decal above the windshield. I have the original
owner's manual for my camper and the original sales materials from when the
first owner bought it in Phoenix, and the full name of the vehicle in the
book and the sales materials is: "Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile." I
fell into the habit of posting about it with that name because one of the
former participants on the list was fond of complaining when folks
identified their vehicles with less than complete information. The tent is
the same one that Westfalia installed in all the campers, light weight
cotton canvas with one screened window on the front.
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 8:24 AM, Eric Caron <eric.caron@icloud.com> wrote:
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>
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> hi David,
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> is the tent differnent in a camp mobil? What is a camp mobil?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
> On Feb 16, 2018, at 13:07, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> My 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile, silver-tan, still has the
> original canvas tent. I can see no evidence of it weakening. It has no
> tears or other holes, anyway. I will continue to use it so long as it
> lasts.
>
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:41 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > RE: Canvas
> > The canvas on my '90 Westy over 20 years. The last five or so before it
> > was replaced I had to deal with it getting very fragile, small tears from
> > just a little bump. Replaced four years ago so I guess it lasted 24
> years.
> >
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