The "Converta-Van"! Who's got one? I wanna see it!

[BusJunky]

Here's my 1984 Vanagon GL ASI Converta-Van. I've been searching this site and google. Its the only one I can find. I surely cannot have the only one? Anyone else rolling a converta-van? Id really love to see some other ones. Also ISO my missing table LOL. I sold this van several years ago and have been missing it. I tracked down the guy I sold it to and bought it back. Im waiting for the shippers to pick it up.

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[shagginwagon83]

interesting that it is an 84 but air cooled.
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[BusJunky]

The advertisement is of a air cooled. Mines a waterpumper.
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is that a screw on mosquito screen on the sliding door window?

[BusJunky]

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thank you for posting the pic of the Converta-Van

I have a 1991 tintop with those screw on mosquito screens on both sides... I never seen any reference to it.. probably the previous owner of my van picked it up on a 1984 van and install on it... Now I know it's not a hack job but they are add-on accessories way back then...

[Red Beard]

The floorplan in that flier says "king size bed."

I'm curious to see some pics of how the bed works once you get the van back!

[danfromsyr]

as owners of an 1980 ASI Riviera full camper..
it's neat to see an actual "Converta van" and in BLUE.. wow..

mine did have the rear facing seat and table post in the middle of the floor.
was very impracticable with the full camper. I sold the rear facing seat to another van fello and installed a pass swivel.
I also replaced the inefficient (in use of storage) ASI rear seat/bed for a Westy seat/bed cabinet.

the table post is standard RV fare and you can buy them on fleabay anytime..
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trk...p;_sacat=0
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[oldskewlsk8ter]

Back in 06-07ish I had an ASI pop top with the same interior as the blue one in the pics. Loved that interior configuration but the plastic top was a POS.
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[IdahoDoug]

Well, I gotta say that's pretty cool to get your Van back - very cool in fact. I have dreams about cars I sold being back in my garage and its very emotional for me at times.

A couple comments. The ad for the converta van shows the rear seat not being full width, with outboard storage on each side. However the pictures of your re-found blue van indicate this rear seat is full width.

The "king bed" comment is laughable of course. Even the full width bed in my Vanagon is barely a Queen. On the other hand that was a long time ago and perhaps the king size bed was not fully considered an official standardized size.

Again - congratulations on getting your vehicle back!

Doug
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[BusJunky]

Well ive got the bus back in my possesion and have got it all cleaned up and had to fix a handful of things from sitting so long. If im reading the serial number correctly, this is #2 of “converta vans” built by ASI. Id still very much like to know if theres another one. Could this be the only one? I know theres several Riviera’s out there. I’ve owned a couple of them. Does anyone else have hardtop set-up like this?

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[Mike Robinson]

I hope you have not lost the table. Being from that Newcastle it is super cool.

Geordie Mike

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[Broseph Stalin]

There's an A.S.I. poptop conversion for sale in Denver. https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/1980-vw-vanagon-campmobile/6619563993.html

I looked at it in April when he had it advertised for $12k, walked away without a test drive, started hard but did start and he had warmed it up before I got there. Took a lot of cranking to start. Some rear window rust.

He must have done some work on it since then, it did look pretty clean inside. Engine bay looked dusty but a brief look I didn't see indications of oil leaks.

Looks like it has LP tanks on both sides and a builtin furnace, that's a nice feature. I liked the straightup poptop vs the wedge type. I found this A.S.I. brochure - http://wetwesties2.tripod.com/1980-1981_asi_brochure.html
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[Amyrickvermont]

I think I just bought one. Only one rear facing seat, and the table doesn’t use a floor insert. The seats look like the catalog. Vanagon Manufacture date of 02/80. Where was your ASI dataplate? PO screwed the slider shut. Rusty donor; 2.0, 4sp, and interior will be transplanted to my 1980 roller.