Date:         Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:42:00 EST
Reply-To:     CTTAPER@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kevin Carrubba <CTTAPER@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Oh no another vanagon and it air cooled
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Hi Everyone,
I need a little advice. Well yesterday was my lucky day.  I borrowed a
friends dads truck to get some fire wood and saw he still had her vanagon
sitting in the front yard with a for sale sign on it so I ask him about it
thinking I would help him try to sell it. So he goes through the whole spiel
rebuilt avp with 7k with new clutch alt starter fuel pump injectors steering
rack ect pretty much new everything.  Then he painted it and on the way back
from his buddies body shop it lost second gear my friend got pist now hates
VW's  so dad had to try to sell it.  Now he has over 3400 into tried to sell
it all last year refused offers for 2k 1200 ect  tells me he wants like 600
and he will throw in the extra set of rims for it so I have to say sold.  So
now my question is should I even bother fixing the tranny or just part it out
it does not seem like ac passenger vans are worth that much but it has no
rust and perfect inside and all new paint.  Is it bad to part such a great
van?  Should I just pull out the sawzall and add a pop top is it really hard
to do?  My westy does have some rust back corner is not straight, but I just
rebuilt the top end and have pored lots of money into it but most of it could
be removed. I have to get my van collection back down to one or my land lord
will have me living in a van down by the river.
Thanks
Kevin
80 Westy
81 Vanagon :)