I normally buy 80-83 dead air cooled Vanagons around Texas for about 200-250$ and remove everything I can and still have them rolling. Needless to say they are half way to the crusher when I get them so many parts may be missing or the engine may be mid-car on the back floor disassembled. There is no doubt that I get 200$ worth of parts from them but not always what I need on my next Westy recovery project. (a good running vanagon isn't worth anything in Texas, OK maybe $500.00). I've never found an operational air cooled 80-83 Vanagon in Texas they're all dead from dropped valve seats or a big combination of neglect, abuse or long term storage woes. I grateful for what I can find in the wrecking yards. Stan Wilder On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 23:24:01 +1200 Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> writes: > > This is not uncommon. Out of spite, these people would rather lose > entirely than let you have it cheap. The Ashburton (NZ) wrecker had > a > surplus of Subarus, including turbo Legacys, and they crushed them > complete (none were at all rusty) rather than sell them cheaply! > -- > Andrew Grebneff > 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut > Friends don't let friends do Windows > ________________________________________________________________ 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/web/. |
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