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Date:         Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:42:00 -0600
Reply-To:     rodney.woten@LENNOXIND.COM
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From:         Rodney Woten <rodney.woten@LENNOXIND.COM>
Subject:      FW: New Westy and  Syncro Westy alternatives under $30k
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cut & pasted directly from FAQ @ the GTRV website:

"SLEEPING IN THE WESTY: How many people can the Westy sleep? The Westy can sleep two people in the loft and two people in the bench bed, which is the largest in the industry."

---------- From: MIME :fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM[SMTP:MIME :fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:33 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: New Westy and Syncro Westy alternatives under $30k

How about a fully restored Westfalia? (See below)

The GTRV looks nice, except it sounds like you cannot have a couple sleep upstairs.

I think one of the nicest features of a Westfalia is a real double bed in the roof, so if a couple is travelling together they never have the twice daily job of converting the rear bench to a bed, and back again, including moving all those dufflebags of stuff in the way back out of the way.

Sportsmobile started converting splitties into campers about 1960

http://www.sportsmobile.com/new/index2.htm

One of their biggest sellers is a Westfalia layout: http://www.sportsmobile.com/stanplan/rb50.htm , but including the poptop the conversion runs about $20K.

They also take vans converted to true 4x4 by Quigley (solid axles, trasfer cases, etc) in addition to the "all wheel drive" offered by GM. A Quigley conversion runs about $10K.

When you add that to a new Ford van, its easy to go way over $60K. Of course, if that is an issue, oen way out is to finance it as a motorhome over 15 years.

Another out-of-budget alternative is the Mercedes/Freightliner/Dodge Sprinter, which was discusssed on the syncro list a while back.

It all points out to me what a great value a Vanagon Westfalia is. You could buy one in decent shape, and do a complete rebuild of the mechanicals, intall new wiring looms, and strip the body for any rust repair, a repaint and new seals, and it would be less than $30K.

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