You can have my Westy with a 65K speedometer, a 165K speedometer a 212K speedometer and car fax will still tell you the vehicle doesn't exist. It actually has over 350K on it, The price is the same Vanagon bodies are not like air frames http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/83westy.htm it is the restorations. Zero rust is what you're looking for. Stan On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:04:57 -0500 Vanagon man <vgonman@MSN.COM> writes: > Personally, I rarely believe mileage on any old car.to me if it only > has > 27000 miles there are a lot of problems that are going to occur > simply from > lack of use. Give me a van with a rust free body and a blown engine > and i > will make a diamond out of it.......no matter how many miles are on > the > odometer. > > > > The listees that pointed out wear on the arm rests and foot pedals > are the > real bright ones here, and shown they have been around the block! > > > Adam P > 81 Westy "The Brick " > 70 Single Cab "Whitey" > 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" > 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) > 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg > 1976 Transporter (New CA bus) > 1974 412 "Goldmember" > Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled) > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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