Date:         Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:19:51 -0700
Reply-To:     jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
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From:         jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
Subject:      Re: what do you think?
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>I drove by a 78 westy campmobile today and saw that it was for sale .
>
>Can anyone give a heads up on what to watch out for since I want to bring
>this home ... is anything major that I should watch out for.

Rust, rust, rust. Check under the mats, the rocker panels, the fender
wells, battery trays, and below the windshield for rust, rust rust. There
are lots of other things to check after that, but I've been told by my
aircooled pals that the fist thing you check on a bus is the rust
situation. If you can deal with the rust that's there (and there's always a
little!), then you move on down the list. Here's a decvent checklist I found:
http://members.tripod.com/~wetwesties/buyers.txt

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"