Date:         Wed, 29 May 2002 01:37:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Eric Unrau <eunrau@YAHOO.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Unrau <eunrau@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Looking at Air-Cooled Westys
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20020529.011705.-533957.0.wilden1@juno.com>
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Hi Stan and other Air-cooled experts,

I bought a pristine '89 Westy about a year ago and absolutely love it.
My girlfriend and I put about 20k km on it on a 2 month trip immediately
after we bought it without any mechanical difficulties - since then, a
clutch job, a coolant tank and a couple smaller repairs.

Last month my parents came to Vancouver for a visit and borrowed the
Westy for a week to tour around Vancouver Island.  They've been looking
at conversion vans and small RVs but hadn’t considered a Westy because
where they live, southern Ontario, they use lots of salt on the roads in
the winter and there aren’t many Westy survivors.  Anyway, they loved my
van and my Dad was really interested in learning about the 80-83
Westies.  He's always worked on his own cars, trucks, tractors, boats,
etc, so he really liked the idea of the simplicity of the air-cooled
Vanagon Westys.

All that said, I've been watching the classified ads here in Vancouver
and this week I see two 1980 Westys that I am planning to go look at.
Other than driving a buddy's '78 Westy a few times, I have no experience
with the air-cooled vans.  What should I be looking for on these
things??

~Eric~
'89 Westy
Vancouver, BC



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