Ron, Welcome back to the club. Congrats on the find. kevin
On Apr 14, 2008, at 8:36 PM, The Bus Depot wrote: > I'm happy to report that I am once again a happy Vanagon owner! > > As you may recall, back in December a falling tree split my '89 > Westy in > two. (See <http://home.comcast.net/~type2/Vanagon.htm> for the > ugly pics.) > In January I bought a '95 Eurovan Winnebago Camper, as a fall-back > just so I > wouldn't be camperless in the spring. It was quite a find for what > it is - > a one-owner vehicle, owned by an 80 year old couple who had it > exclusively > dealer serviced. (With the rare 5 speed trans and center bench > seat, to > boot!) But my dream was to find that elusive "time machine" > Vanagon Westy > to replace my old friend. You know, the mythical low mileage mint- > condition > Westy, owned by a little old Deadhead who only drove it to concerts on > Sundays. :-) Oh, and I didn't want to pay GoWesty prices for it. > I figured > it might be quite a while before something like that came around at a > reasonable price, especially here on the East Coast where they're > more rare. > > Well, today I found it! I bought an '87 Westy with 40k original > miles. It's > about as close to new as I could have expected to find; it's totally > original and looks like it's hardly been camped in. The one > downside (to me) > is that it's an automatic, which is a shame, but I'll live with > that given > the low mileage and near-perfect condition. It's not like I was > planning to > hot rod in it anyway. I kept my last Westy for 12 years, and > probably will > keep this one just about as long, so I'm thrilled to be starting > off with > one that's so close to mint! > > On that note, if anyone is in the market for a really nice Eurovan > Camper, > email me, as it looks like that will go up for sale after all. > ($19,500 > firm, and worth every penny given its history/condition.) Also I > am about > ready to start parting out my '89 now that the weather has turned. > (Sorry, > camper cabinet doors, curtains, engine, trans, instrument cluster, > mattresses, tables, and a few other items are already spoken for.) > > - Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > www.busdepot.com > (215) 234-VWVW > > _____________________________________________ > Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT > |
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