Date:         Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:17:00 -0500
Reply-To:     kazzpar@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Thomas Bartnicki <kazzpar@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      85 Vanagon Purchase
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Hello everyone!
I am a newbie to the world of VW Vanagons. I recently acquired a 1985
Vanagon with a mark7? interior. Does anyone else have this kind of
interior? I purchased it from a gentleman in south east Baltimore. The
guy was really cool about showing me the van throughly and explained to
me some of the problems some people have with there wasser-boxer engines.
Anyway, I purchased it last week and its being delivered here (Delaware)
this week. I just wanted to know if there were any other members of this
list that are located in Northern Delaware that I can correspond with.
I'm planning on doing an engine rebuild myself and just cleaning this bad
boy up. I use to work for Horst Fischer Auto in Stanton DE (about 8 years
ago/for a short time until he flipped out on me) and gained allot of
knowledge and experience on air cooled boxers. I've never cracked a case
open though. Are there any faults (ignition,suspension,brakes) in
particular about this make/model other than the heads leaking  that I
should know about? Well, I've yammered enough.
thanks for your time,
tom