Date:         Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:31:58 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: They're GIVING Vanagons away in San Diego!
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It is just a passenger van, with no engine. Too much work and cost to
make it run again and pass smog. Better deals here all the time.

I have seen nice vans at the San Diego junkyards many, many times. Full
Westys, Wolfsburgs, Carats, name it.

I'm sure Vanagon people from rust areas would cry when they saw perfect
rust free bodies jacked up for vultures to pick at.

When I see a fresh Vanagon set out I like to look it over real closely
to see if I can figure out why it is there. Most times I see plenty of
evidence of recent repairs and new parts that suggest an owner who cared
enough to try and keep it going. Often times I find a simple wiring
issue that caused the owner grief that shops could not solve. The same
degraded wiring problems come up over and over. I have written about
them here many times over the years. Why shops can't figure them out is
beyond me.


Mark
"vulture"


B Feddish wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:52 PM, RICHARD KOERNER <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>> http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/zip/1043001384.html
>>
>> Wish I had a place to store....
>>
>
>
> Hhmmm. Something's not right. Look at that van, that thing is way too nice
> to be scrap metal. On top of that, the poster says if the ad is still up
> then the van is still available. How could a free van last more than 10
> minutes or Craigslist.
>
> Or are just Californians crazy....
>
> Bryan
>