Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:10:24 -0700
Reply-To: Doug in Calif <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
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From: Doug in Calif <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Subject: Re: My 82 Diesel
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Mark,
I am happy to see that it worked out well. You are very welcome!
So it was as we thought! What was a neglected unwanted vw in somebody's
drive way just needed some TLC and "varoom" yer back on the road.
It just goes to show you the power of the vanagon spirit, the vanagon list,
and its members.
When I heard about the van through another one of my buddies, Dave, who
heard about it from his mechanic,
I immediately thought of your e/mails about your burned van. How you were
now, looking for anybody who may have
a project, and it was perfect timing.
I think many of us cringe at the thought of our beloved vanagons going up in
flames, again sorry for your loss there.
The work you put into rebuilding the engine (twice) in your 86 certainly
deserves some good "kar-ma".
I am sure the little 82 diesel appreciates your efforts to get her back on
the road and in service where she belongs, hauling this and that.
Nothing hurts a vanagon more than sitting unwanted and broken.
Get em' on the road and in service.
Be sure and take a pic once you get er all cleaned up and spiffed out with
those new curtains, shades on, music playin, rolling down the road.
Cheers.
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark seifert" <ubervanagon1@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:02 PM
Subject: My 82 Diesel
> I would like to say thanks to Doug for setting me up with an amazing deal
on
> an 82 Diesel Vanagon, which I picked up for free over the weekend. The guy
> wanted to get rid of it for various reasons, mainly because he couldn't
get
> it started after sitting for a few months. I hauled it home with my dad's
> trailer, and after about an hour I had it started. All I had to do was
prime
> the injection pump and bleed the fuel lines. It runs great.
>
> Driving a diesel Vanagon is a new experience. The engine is really loud
and
> you have to shift gears more often. There's no A/C, and no possibility of
> ever intalling A/c. There's no power steering, so it has a huge steering
> wheel. I'm sure the fire risk will be significantly lower now, and fuel
> economy will be much better. And I probably won't have to spend as much
time
> working on it as I did the last one. Another thing that's really cool
about
> diesel Vanagons, if the engine ever craps out I can go to the junkyard and
> grab a good one from a Rabbit and drop it in. It also has the bellhousing
> and other parts to accomodate other VW in-line engines. But I actually
like
> the idea of a diesel, so I dont plan on doing an engine conversion anytime
> soon.
>
> It's great how things just work out sometimes. One day your van burns down
> and your left with nothing, and only a week later, someone offers you a
> replacement for FREE!!
>
> Thanks Doug, that was really cool of you to set me up with a great deal
like
> that!
>
> Mark
>
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