1989 2.6 Litre Caravelle Vanagon. Rare?

[caravelle c]

This Caravelle Carat in Cincinnati has even the ultra rare all grey seats! Usually they are grey and black/blue.

[paolo99]

Hi Peeps

I confess to being the owner....

Great to see the comments, and VIN decodes etc....I took it to Campbell River on Sunday and got spotted

End of the season now, and wondering whether to go for a full on respray....

Really interesting to read the comments on the specs....it's like the bastard son of a bastard son...so many odd bits and rumour has it it was built by a guy with a greek sounding name in vancouver?

[OddN]

[Steve Arndt]

I see you have it for sale in your classifieds.
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[paolo99]

I lose track of the threads and comments

I added some of the info posted here to the craigslist advert (not sure if that was wrong thing to do?)

Not sure on the made up story part, from a few posts further up, but I guess difficult to get accurate info 30 years later and with all the sleuths here, we still haven't got the full SP but it's all interesting.

Would love to find more info, and I asked at VW when she went for her recent recall which needed to be fulfilled so she could get into the USA

Really want to get those electric rear seats working, just for fun. Must be fuse/wire or switch as both non operational.

Another option is to part the interior but such a shame to destroy what is clearly a VW interior.

I contacted the gentleman I bought the van from this week, and was sadly informed that he had passed away 2 weeks ago in his sleep. Roger, if anyone knew him, was a lovely, game old boy and a real tinge of sadness when you hear that from someone who was spritely and up on his feet a mere 6 months ago.

Again, very grateful for all of the comments and help in this section and I was pointed here by a real cool dude, pro mountainbiker and creates electric custom cycles....turned up on a 1949 Schwinn.....this thing was waaaay cool....coupled with the fact he barrels along at 60km/h

If anyone has any more info on my Caravelle, it would be gratefully received

[xichael]

I saw this van posted on craigslist today, and after some googling, found this old thread. Here's the new ad: https://victoria.craigslist.org/cto/d/victoria-cool-volkswagen-vanagon/6975805446.html

I've downloaded the images and posted them here for anyone who might happen upon this thread after the ad's been deleted: https://imgur.com/a/OvrhDKG

[erste]

[campism]

[xichael]

[paolo99]

[Squidfish]

[Vanagon Nut]

so it appears this Vanagon is still for sale.

Price appears to have been dropped: $8888 CAD:

https://nanaimo.craigslist.org/ctd/d/1989-volkswagen-vanagon-26-liter-manual/7096174210.html

Not affiliated, just bored at home, curious why it's sitting.

Neil.
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[RoryGirl]

I think someone's trying to flip this. I've seen it stalled out @ anywhere from 8-11k CDN over the past 3-4yrs. Now all of a sudden it's 20k and a new owner I think. Doesn't look like much has changed.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/893585294713734
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