Hi Mindy, Congradulations on your purchase. I have always wanted a split windown van, I am sure you have made a few people on this list jealous with your new toys. Start by buying a copy of John Muir's "How to keep your Volkswagen Alive Forever", it is essential reading for the early VW owner. And though it is a mechanics manual, it is written in an almost "novel" style so it is an easy read for even the least mechanically inclined, but the information is rich enough even for the ace mechanic. However, if your uncles old vans vans actually do have two seperate windsheilds, one for the driver and one for the passenger with a metal bar separating them, you have what is known as a "split window" van. Built sometime between 1949 and 1967. Though there are some split window owners on this list, you have not found the right resource. Vanagons are the angular looking VW vans built between 1980 and 1991, this list is primarily a resource for those vans which are very different than the ones you just bought so there will be little information here for you. Instead try the vintage bus list at: http://www.type2.com/vintagebus.html Thanks, Chris On 5/24/06, Mindy Pruitt <mprui07@yahoo.com> wrote: > well I probably know this is the craziest question... Where exactly do i > start? > > I bought two vanagons (split front windows.)one has a motor and the other > doesn't. The owner (my uncle) has never heard them run but I really want > to get this great classic up and running and looking great but I have no > idea where to start. Any tips or pointers would help a lot! Thanks! > Mindy > |
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