Date:         Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:24:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@POBOX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      selling our magic bus :(
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Hi all.

This list has been an amazing resource for me, even though I didn't
actually resort to asking for help very often — just knowing you guys
were there to help made a big difference, and when I did ask for help I
always got back lots of useful information.  I only wish I had done more
to reciprocate.

Beatrice and I moved to South America a couple of years ago, and since
we're not planning to return to the US to live anytime soon, we need to
sell our air-cooled 1982 Vanagon, which has an aftermarket camper
conversion package.  We're asking US$4500; I don't know if that's too
low or too high.  It's in San Francisco.

For those who are interested, there's an ad on Craigslist:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/879024828.html

And a photoset on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/sets/72157594456852086/

I did try to take good care of it mechanically when we had it, but I
was learning as we went along.  I ended up rebuilding the engine in
2006 (a new head and four new pistons and cylinders), with help from the
list; it's still running, but hasn't been driven a heck of a lot.  Like
any Vanagon of this vintage, it needs an owner who's interested in
working on it.

Kragen