Date:         Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:11:29 -0500
Reply-To:     ok artguy <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         ok artguy <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: cheap westy
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For example, you could buy my stone-reliable barebones '81 transporter for
$950. It's ugly but everything works, it drives GREAT, the tires are new and
I wouldn't hesitate to drive it coast to coast. Then, like John said, find a
wrecked Westy and swap in the interior... mine's already empty! Of course,
I'm in Oklahoma, but there's gotta be other deals like this that might be
more practical for your budget. Good luck!

JJ
Oklahoma City
'90 GL
'81 Transporter




 >From: John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
>Reply-To: John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: cheap westy
>Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:55:47 -0700
>
>I'll concur on the low likelihood of finding any westy worth driving for
>$1500. No-one sells anything that cheap unless it needs work. I do,
>however, have another idea which I haven't seen mentioned:
>
>Buy a standard van with your $1500 with a rear seat/bed in it and drive
>THAT across. If you have just basic skills a full westy interior could be
>inserted from wrecked yard. No pop (unless you graft that on), but you'll
>have something you can sleep in and drive. OK, all that said, you're still
>not going to find any trouble-free 7 passenger vans for $1500 without
>looking long and hard.
>
>Oh, the other suggestion might be to move back in time a bit and find a
>rusted out bay window westy for  your $$. $1500 could get you something
>with a trashed body but good mechanicals on the east coast...
>
>john
>90 Carat
>
> > hello all~ im still trying to find an inexpensive westy to get me from
>east
> > to west and back and still be alive and well when we return!
> > my only problem i have minimal funds~$1500 to be exact. anybody know of
> > anything being sold for that amount that is reliable? please lemme
>know!!!
> > my usual email is sunshinydaze@wildmail.com
> > thanx yall~aloha~hailey




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