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Its good to know that a syncro is an investment!

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Rich

be interesting to know if thats a genuine 16" Paint is a bit fresh though, would like to see it a year later

hmmm ive never seen the open glove box on later vans,puch badge normally on earleyer vans and yellow sticker on wheel carrier repo?...its listed as a 91

Thats weird, very early dash and steering wheel and a late interior. No cab carpet, and I would of thought the seats would be different too. All the Westy Jokers I have seen have had both diff locks too but that doesnt mean none of them just had the rear locker like on this van. The rear heater matrix has a blanking plate on it too for some reason and its also got the grey lower trim on and not the trim round the windows that should go with it. Good looking bus though.

jed

xriss wrote:..... yellow sticker on wheel carrier repo?...

Nope, mine has that yellow sticker and they were fitted as standard but not fitted to the carrier if it was purchased as a spare part.

Any way it cant be genuine ...... its blue!

nice colour.

yeh and i think the jokers had stopped production by 91 only califonias\atlantics

ahh just spotted a rear wiper deffo give away...phew that was becomming like a question of sport...

So, is it a fake westy?

Hi,
Off what i can judge it has been a kombi which is rebuilt to a westy.
He does not write that its a original westy, he writes it has a original westfalia interior.
The standard glovebox was used on transporters and kombi's till the end of the production in 92.

And yes, its not a westfalia colour! But its a beautifull van!

Erwin

xriss wrote:yeh and i think the jokers had stopped production by 91 only califonias\atlantics

Always puzzled me; mines a 91 year 16" Joker. It has an all metal dash. It also has an ABS 'light' on the dash pod, though has never had ABS; I dont even think it was an option for 16's.

I have never seen an Atlantic or California conversion done on a 16" base van of any year, only ever Joker pops and hightops.

I can only think that because the 16" package could be added to any of the base syncro variants, somebody ordering a 16" version to be camperised would probably start with the Kastenwagen panel van as the base vehicle and then option away all the extras he could afford.

If you were asking VW to make a T25 Syncro 16 Westfalia Joker you were into special vehicle territory and hence some of the quirks the 16" campers seem to exhibit.

Either that or mines a fake too

Can't believe vw didn't keep figures. Would like to know what mine cost new. As the only factory option I'm missing is abs. Must have been a wealthy guy who ordered it. Yours must have been a fortune too Mark

Mudlark wrote:
.... mines a 91 year 16" Joker ...

Are you sure? Mine is a '91 Multivan but was built in early '90 and stayed in the factory for over a year before it went out to a dealer. Do you have a VW Classic bith cert for it?

You can get later westys that arent California or Atlantic.
Theres plenty of later westys that are just normal joker/club joker.
From what I can gatherthe California/Atlantic were ordered through the dealer, however I think you could buy other models direct from westfalia
Herr Boltze would be the man to ask.

syncropaddy wrote:

Mudlark wrote:
.... mines a 91 year 16" Joker ...

Are you sure? Mine is a '91 Multivan but was built in early '90 and stayed in the factory for over a year before it went out to a dealer. Do you have a VW Classic bith cert for it?

Never got round to it Andrew, suppose i should one day. Might throw up some surprises I do have the original German log-book (equivalent V5) somewhere though.

Simon Baxter wrote:You can get later westys that arent California or Atlantic.
Theres plenty of later westys that are just normal joker/club joker.
From what I can gatherthe California/Atlantic were ordered through the dealer, however I think you could buy other models direct from westfalia
Herr Boltze would be the man to ask.

Good point about Mr Boltze. You ever come across any Syncro 16 Atlantics or Californias Simon?