Date:         Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:48:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Want to talk me out of buying diesel Vanagon?
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I don't have anything diesel anymore and I want something to put a wvo kit in like I had in my dearly departed Jetta diesel. I'm tempted to buy an '82 Vangagon GL diesel that my mechanic has for sale. It doesn't have a rear heater, doesn't have the duct that directs the front heat to the back, and it's not a 5-speed... All things I would like. It not a turbo and I know it will be slow. He wants $3,000 for it.
 
Another choice is an '82 MB 300D from the same mchanic. It's got around 200K on it and he wants $2,000 for it.
 
I'm also thinking of a '92 Jetta turbodiesel that is on eBay right now, but with very little info posted. I've e-mailed the seller, who's supposed to call me, but I haven't heard back yet. 
 
To complicate things, another guy wants me to trade my '73 Thing for either a MB or Dasher diesel that he's got. 
 
One of the reasons I was thinking of the diesel Vanagon was that I thought it might be easier for me to put in the wvo kit myself- shorter distance from extra tank to engine, shorter hose lengths, etc. But as much as I like driving my '87 Vanagon and '85 Westfalia, I do miss driving a car.
 
Any suggestions? 
Ed in CT
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