Hey I am one of those young owners. I am 20 years old and drive an 85 westy...it is true though, they are a bit expensive-- i would have never been able to afford my van if I hadn't traded for it. All I could ever afford were beetles! anyway it was such a good trade. has anyone else ever traded for their vanagons? I traded a craptastic 86 jeep cherokee (the one made by AMC with the horrible 2.8l V-6) for my beautiful westy with no cash exchanged! -daniel --- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote: > If you go to the type2 list at type2@type2.com > you'll find a multitude of > young Van owners. In many cases price keeps them out > of the Vanagon > air-cooled and watercooled vans. > The older vans can be had from free to just several > hundred dollars. > A complete rebuilt or even new Mexican engine can be > had for less than > nine hundred dollars. > At a recent get-together at Bardwell Resivour I met > several young > individuals and married couples that had adopted > displaced and repairable > vans. Rust was something to show off rather than > cover up. > They all had a passion for their 61 through 76 vans > although they were a > little put off by the top speed of their vehicles. > It's cool to have an old van I was told and a little > rust was better than > Bondo patches. > > Stan Wilder > 83 Westfalia Air Cooled > > On Tue, 29 May 2001 13:03:04 -0000 Hermann the > German > <urlauber10@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > > A weekend story that made me chuckle: > > > > Last night, kids in the bath tub after a long and > hard day of > > playing > > outside, the door bells rings. I rush downstairs, > frantically drying > > my > > hands with a kid's towel- probably Lion King- > stepping on toys, > > shoes, > > leftovers from a day of joy in the sun. > > Open the front door to be faced by three young > gentlemen all dressed > > in > > Marilyn Manson attire, one even wearing a long, > black skirt. Now , > > my 87 > > Westy was parked in the driveway, the airlift was > pumped for the > > biketrip > > and picnic we had done that day, and it would not > fit into the > > garage. > > Says the young man in the skirt: > > Hey,dude, you wannna sell your van? > > Says I: > > Now way. She's my baby. > > I witness massive disappointment in their faces. > But I am happy, > > because I > > am hip. I drive the coolest vehicle on the block. > > > > Volkswagen should bring the van back, there is > definitely a young > > market out > > there. > > Cheers, > > Hermann de Boer > > Kansas City > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for > less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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