Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:26:15 -0400
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: My New Ride
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Possibly the most cruel April Fools Joke Ever....
As it's much too good to be true : )
Congrats man! I wish you a lifetime of joy with your new syncro westy!
-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh yeah, I just realized I forgot to mention the AW top, the rear locker
> and
> the big brake kit.
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Okay, I haven't said anything about this until now (for obvious reasons)
> > but now I can tell the story. Monday morning this week I drove by the
> > local RV lot about a half mile from my condo, going to Costco. I noticed
> > what looked like a very nice Syncro Westy sitting on their lot. Passing
> > by again on the way home I decided to stop and see if it was a customer’s
> > vehicle or actually for sale or what. The guy in the office told me that
> > yeah, it was a trade in, they were trying to figure out what to do with
> it.
> > BTW, I was driving my daily driver, not my Westy, so he didn't have a
> clue
> > that I might know anything about a Vanagon. We walked out to look at it
> > in the rain and he explained that the guy that traded it in had inherited
> it
> > and didn't want it because it was so small so he traded it in. When I
> > started looking it over I was amazed. A 1991 Syncro Westy (could tell it
> > was a '91 by the inside latch on the rear hatch), about an 80 watt solar
> > panel mounted to the top, and inside the first thing I noticed was a
> > Vitrofrigio refrigerator and the thermostat control for a heater. 15"
> > wheels and good off road tires (didn't check the brand or size). About
> > that time the salesman mentioned it was a diesel!! We opened up the
> > engine compartment and sure enough, sure wasn't a stock 2.1L WBX in
> there.
> > I don't know what size diesel because I don't know the diesel engines at
> > all. We started it up and it sounded fine, at least to my
> > ignorant-about-diesels ears. So we buttoned it up and took it for a
> > drive. First thing I noticed on the dash was the locker knob. Then the
> > odometer, would you believe only 88,000 miles on it! It drove like a
> > dream, shifted like butter. When we got back to the lot I opened the
> > glove box and there were all the original manuals plus a big envelope of
> > receipts and a notebook with hand written notes and records, all dated.
> It
> > turns out it had the Syncro Org springs and OME shocks under it no less.
> Oh
> > yeah, I forgot to mention one of the things that caught my eye when I
> first
> > saw it, the Van Cafe bumpers and the Projktwoz (SP?) lower grill and
> lights.
> >
> > Then came the shocker, when I asked what they were going to ask for it.
> He
> > said, and I'll quote as best as I can, "The boss just wants to get it off
> > the lot. He said to ask $5,000 for it but I know he'll take $3,500". So
> > you can guess what I said next. And I got a call this morning, the paper
> > work is done and I pick it up today, April 1st.
> >
>
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