My '82 Westfalia I have driven for 8 years started out asa a burnt engine bargain in 1995 when I bought it. Once you clean all the burnt stuff off you can prime and repaint it. I have another Westy I am restoring from an engine fire and I used POR 15 and body undercaoting to redo the area above the trans and the wheel wells. I got a pint of matching paint and rolled it on the engine compartment-looks like new. Robert 1982 Westfalia
--- John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM> wrote: > A friend just told me about a 86 Wolfy that had > an engine fire and the owner just wants to get > rid of it. He says that the wiring and plastic > fittings on the engine melted, but a his > mechanic thought it was OK enough to put a new > engine in and gave him a quote. > > Here's the question: I'm going to go look at it > but what should I look for as far as fire > damage? If all the paint's still there, is > there any potential problems to think of? I've > seen the van before at campouts and it was nice > and clean so I'd prefer to get it back on the > road instead of parting it (although I *could* > use that Wolfy interior...) > > thoughts? > > john >
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