I intentionally bought a dying 83 vanagon that had a real good body and glass on it to yank parts off of. Turned out to be a very good investment. Also provided parts I have shipped to others to keep theirs alive. Provided something to tear down to look at something without tearing down my operational daily driver when doing experiments. Stored parts in it for a while too. Jimt On 8/16/05 1:09 PM, "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > I had an 83 Air cooled Westy for about 11 years. > Over that time I crushed out several air cooled Vanagons and restored > several Westfalia models more and resold them. > I found that the first Vanagon I stripped down provided the many, many, many > small parts and the supply of bolts, window trim, FI parts to keep not only > my old 83 running but also enough parts to get the several that I sold back > on the road. I stored the parts in used Cartop Carriers rested on plastic > pallets (Ud be surprised that they'll hold a full engine and bunches more > parts). > With that said I'd suggest that you just dump the body and keep as many > parts as you can and still have the rolling chassis that you can tow to the > crusher. > > Stan Wilder > Engine Ceramics > 214-352-4931 > www.engineceramics.com |
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