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Date:         Tue, 18 May 2004 14:03:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: WTB - Westy - no rust - with power windows,
              locks and  mirrors.  Interior can be trashed.  Auto tranny,
              AC.  Syncro ok
Comments: To: Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@pobox.com>
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I lived for many years on the wrong coast. I was brought up outside of Bawllimer MD. I have had my fair share of rusted, pitted, swiss cheesed bodied cars. Most spectacular was a 74 Fiat X1/9. I found one little rust spot in the pan. I took a screw driver and scraped it off. It went through the pan so easy it was scarey. I patched that car with a large sheet of galvanized steel and a ton of undercoating. East Coast cars define the words "temporary transportation".

I keep offering my 81 to just about anyone who wants it. It's dirty, grungy, trashed out interior, needs a motor rebuilt, needs a tranny (or take both the 83 and the 81 and use the parts from one to make the other much better) but solid. Nobody out here is interested. People only want me to part out all the mid 80's camper stuff I have, and I won't do that. Soon, the 83 will be hauled down to the pick and pull and I'll steal all the parts off the 81 to make my 84 into a WestyClone. Thanks to BenT I now have a propane setup so I am good to go. That's how it is in California.

I guess my message to Dana is just start looking. There have been tons of posts offering decent Vans in the last 6 months.

timin san jose

> > Things are different here in New Jersey... If you owned a truck that could > carry a few, I suspect you could make a living transporting rust-free > bodies from the west coast to the snowy (and salty) Northeast, and > reselling them to us poor souls with clean interiors, good mechanicals, and > seam rust from here to hell and back... > > Tim > > At 12:33 PM 5/18/2004 -0700, you wrote: > >Are you kidding me? > > > >California is filled with these. I have an 81 Westy, an 83 7 pass. and an 84 > >well, who knows what it's configuration really is, all with no rust and > >everything else trashed. Come pick one up. (Well, all except the 84). > > > >87's are a dime a dozen. Ask BenT, I am sure he has five or six of them. > > > >tim in san jose > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Joe Federici" <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET> > >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > >Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:09 PM > >Subject: Re: WTB - Westy - no rust - with power windows, locks and mirrors. > >Interior can be trashed. Auto tranny, AC. Syncro ok > > > > > > > Yea me too. . . we can all dream. ;-) > > > > > > JFF > > > > > > On May 18, 2004, at 2:30 PM, Dana Showers wrote: > > > > > > > Wanted To Buy: > > > > > > > > 1987 or newer Westy > > > > > > > > NO RUST!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > Interior can be trashed. > > > > > > > > Engine can be trashed. > > > > > > > > Tranny can be trashed. > > > > > > > > NEED: power windows, locks and mirrors; Auto tranny; Air Conditioning > > > > > > > > Syncro ok, but don't want to pay a premium for it. > > > > > > > > Anywhere in the country. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > 85 Westy > > > > 01 Beetle TDI > > > > dshowers@cpds.net > > > > > > > > > >


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