Date:         Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:01:09 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      FS: 85 Vanagon for Parts/Repair, $14k invested, PA.  (NOT Mine)
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A local (Philadelphia/Allentown/Reading, PA area) individual is selling a
blue '85, 4-speed passenger Vanagon for parts or repair. He literally spent
$14,000 on this van - everything from a new 2.1L (not 1.9) engine to
curtains, carpet, headliner, tires (reinforced, I believe), mirrors, you
name it. Basically he gave Lehmanns Auto, a local Vanagon specialist who
does top-notch work, a blank check and told them to make it like new
(mechanically and interior wise; they don't do body work), and for $14,000
(!!!!) they did. He says he has receipts for every dollar of it. 800 miles
after he picked it up from the shop with the restoration completed, someone
ran a stop sign. The van has now been sitting for a couple of years and
still needs a new front clip. He wants $2500 or best offer, including a
AAA-Plus tow (80 miles, I think?) on his AAA card.  He does not want to part
it out; he wants to sell it complete. Although this is a lot for a parts
van, given all of the new parts that are on it, it sounds like a nice deal
for the right person. The engine alone is worth almost the asking price (and
he might take an offer; he is in the military and being transferred, so he
must sell it soon). 

His name is Mario, his email address is mario.sanchez@tobyhanna.army.mil,
and his number is 1-570-856-2311.  This is NOT my van. I have not seen it
and am only repeating what I was told. Please contact the seller, not me.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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