Date:         Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:25:55 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: RIP and Help finding an '87-91 Westy
Comments: To: David O'Bryan <dnd.obryan@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <C48723CB.88DE%dnd.obryan@gmail.com>
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Ouch. My condolences.

I'll keep my eyes open.

Best of luck. That was a nice lookin' ride.  --- :^(

Neil.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:20 PM, David O'Bryan <dnd.obryan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sad news.
>
> This Sunday on the way home from a camping trip at Cape Henlopen Delaware my
> '87 Westy had a catastrophic engine fire.  By the time I could get the
> camping gear off the rear deck and get the engine lid open the fire was too
> great to put out.  It burnt all the way to the ground.  :-(
>
> Here is a link to a few pics prior to the fire.
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=283728
>
> I could not tell how the fire started as too much was on fire when I was
> finally able to get to the engine and try and put it out with a fire
> extinguisher.  This was a Subie conversion from two years ago.  No problems
> until now...
>
> So.... I'd like for any of you good folks that come across a rust free Westy
> ('87-91) that preferably has a blown or bad engine to please pass the
> contact info on to me.  I'm willing to ship from anywhere in the USA to
> Maryland.  I'm going to put another Subie in this one so I'd actually prefer
> one that is not running but has a good body.  Mileage not important.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Dave O
>



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