Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:51:18 -0700
Reply-To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: 81 Vanagon needs restoration looking for ideas
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super deal on a couple hundred $$ in parts.
http://www.williamwareagency.com/forsale/firesale0.htm
If you don't like the price ............. demand a better price!
You might be surprised.
Stan Wilder
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:21:35 -0400 Joe Denison <Misto619@NETSCAPE.NET>
writes:
> Hello gang,
>
> I have an 81 Vanagon that is in desperate need of restoration. By
> restoration, I mean that I know I'm going to be putting some money
> into this thing. It needs engine work, for though it will sometimes
> start, it will not always run (hasn't moved in a long time). It
> needs lots of interior work. The back seat is shredded and that
> awful hardened brown fiber is getting into everything. The front
> seats need to be replaced. The dash board, instrument panel, stereo,
> and basically anything forward of the steering wheel is gonna need
> some work. The electrical system also appears to have been put
> together by an epileptic octopus. I have found so many wires that
> start at one point and then end without being attached to anything.
>
> I'm willing and able to sink the money into it, but I want it done
> right. I would like to have it restored to showroom quality, but I
> don't know where I should look for someone to do that kind of work.
> I live in the Louisville, Kentucky area and though the van doesn't
> run, I would probably be willing to tow it just about anywhere to
> get it fixed.
>
> Any advice or recommendation of restorers who could do this type of
> work would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Joe Denison
> misto619@netscape.net
>
> PS. If you're from the Louisville area please read: I don't want to
> take it to the VW specialty shop up on Payne St. I think they're too
> busy to do the kind of quality work I want done. Those guys are
> great for getting you back up and running and I'm a satisfied
> customer, but they don't have time to do restoration work.
>
>
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