There's a guy on Alameda that works on vans, supposed to be good and reasonably priced. A young woman who moved to SoCal a couple of years ago told me about him but I didn't get a name or number. Maybe she's lurking and will let you know, or someone else may know of him. Mike > From: James Ballen <james_ballen@HOTMAIL.COM> > Reply-To: James Ballen <james_ballen@HOTMAIL.COM> > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:09:54 -0700 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: '83 Vanagon > > Hey Volks, > > first i'd like to thank everyone that responded to my original post about > the '83 i am looking at. Well, i took it for a drive this morning. It has > some really nice qualities to it. Drives very nice and true. has a new > clutch, and master cylinder a few years old. Exterior is California > weathered, but not rusty, the undercoating is still there underneath, and > the interior is in excellent condition. > > My biggest concern is the motor. It has 140K original, and it is running > really well, but my fear is that soon i may need to do a rebuild due to its > age sometime in the near future. what do you all think? > It is air-cooled, and a 1.8L i think. The door post said it was produced > 1/1983. > If i buy it, it will most likely make a cross-country journey, and then back > in a few months. (CA->Mass->CA) > > It's not a westy, and doesn't say country homes camper on it. The pop-up > goes straight up, and is set up for sleeping. It has long screen windows > along either side, and a front open window for accessing the luggage rack. > Also has the dual-burner, sink, fridge setup. > What exactly is this bus? it says it is a Vanagon L. > > and finally, does anyone know a trustworthy, reasonably-priced VW mechanic > in the SF bay area? preferably east bay... > > Sorry for all the questions, but i figured this is the best place in the > world to find this info! Thanks to all who give their piece of advice > > ~James > > > I've never undertaken a project of that size, > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > |
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