I might have an old 35mm photo of mine somewhere, but my son saw one identical to mine a few days ago and sent me a pic
known to my son's friends as the "hippy van" mine had a gas heater. '81, last year of air cooling
This is the only surviving photo of our first Vanagon, 1980. air/cooled. Cream over orange!
My ex-Marine son in the driver's seat.
I see that I added a wooden gear-shift knob! It had an enameled Wolfsburg crest on it.
found this pic on the internet of one like our's ---- Chocolate brown interior.
In the VW showroom we had a choice between a 1979 Champagne Edition baywindow (T2) or this 1980 Vanagon (T3)
The bay window was $7000.00, the Vanagon was $10,000.00. Both had the same engines. The Vanagon was much heavier....slower and thirstier! Gas prices shot up that year!
The Champagne Ed. bay was gorgeous!
I'd owned a '69 baywindow after I came home from Vietnam. loved it.
After feeding that Vanagon for a year - even though it was considered "The Porsche of Vans" - I came to wish I'd bought the Champagne baywindow~!
Live and learn......
Stig