Date:         Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:52:23 -0700
Reply-To:     t <vbob@primenet.com>
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From:         t <vbob@primenet.com>
Subject:      Re: That $20 Westy on Ebay/what a story:little real vanagon
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Personally, it sounds like a story to me. A lot of facts don't add up
and as was pointed out by a resident expert on the list to me, there
were no dove blue westys in 1984. Bid at own risk. of course an engine
and the interior along with the poptop are worth the $900 he says he
wants out of it.

tim o'brien

Jeffrey R wrote:
>
> For those who haven't checked out this Westy for sale on ebay it sounds like
> quite a story. So if you think you're having a bad day--check out the earlier
> listed ebay listing.
>
> The short of it is it was the guy's daughter's Westy, her "pride and joy".
> The engine needed to be replaced and he purchsed a used engine--I think after
> spending for a poorly rebuilt unit that also blew. While the Westy was being
> towed on a trialer to a place for repair by the same guy's Toyota Land
> Cruiser, the kid driving the guy's Toyota went too fast and flipped both the
> Westy and the Toyota.
>
> That's a two-fer. And that's gotta S*#@%.
>
> Reminds me of when I was a kid and Shirley , the old lady across the street
> had a friend drive her down to pick up her mint Chevy Caprice from the
> service station. To go to pick up the Caprice Shirley drove down in her mint
> Impala since the friend didn't have her car that day. On the way home with
> Shirley in her mint Caprice, he friend behind her in Shirley's mint Impala
> rear ended her on the highway after a quick stop. Both Chevys banged up
> pretty good. Not totaled, but pretty bad. That's a two-fer. And there's
> nothing fun about a day like that.
>
> Suddenly that shopping cart dent seem so bad.
>
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> NYC