Date:         Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:46:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Nice local '90 GL hardtop back on the market
Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <343062.30541.qm@web51404.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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10-20
What do you mean by "local"?


On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> I posted the following a while back about a local van I found for sale:
>
> "While looking at it the owner approached and gave me
> some info.  It's a very nice white van with the
> cladding, alloys and decent tires, automatic, good
> glass, and grey cloth interior.  145,000 miles, and
> she's owned it since '92 to transport her daughter.  I
> saw no dents and no scratches and only slightly
> faded/scuffed cladding.  No rust that I could see but
> for a couple of teensy discolored spots in vertical
> seams.  The bad: it has been parked for about two
> years and as such is dusty and forlorn-looking, and
> she said that during a test drive recently one of the
> belts broke.  She said they have been asking $3000,
> but that is almost certainly negotiable.
>
> This is a van with a very, very nice body and I hope
> someone calls about it.  Looks like great candidate
> for Sube conversion.  Too nice to part out."
>
> While at the local VW dealer to price some parts I discovered the
> counterman is a Vanagon driver (maroon Carat) and he is the person who
> bought the white van and now says it is for sale again. He removed the
> wheelchair lift and it is now a 7-passenger van.  New heads, he said.  One
> power window has been replaced with manual and the other still does not
> work.  The price he mentioned to me is $2000 but we were also talking about
> other vans so don't quote me on that.
>
> If anyone out there is interested I would be glad to forward the inquiry,
> get more info or a phone number.  Let me stress that the body on this van
> when I saw it last was in VERY nice shape.
>
> Stephen
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