Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:23 -0600
Reply-To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: '91 7-passenger Vanagon FS in Cedar Springs, MI
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Well, I went and bought it today. Just got it back here to the
Holland, MI area about 30 min ago. We are in the process of moving
from Chicago to MI and I saw the first post about this van shortly
before we left from Chicago yesterday with a vanagon full of stuff.
Thank you George.
After talking to Jack last nite, we went to look at it about noon
today. It was about an hour away from here, well off the beaten path,
north of Grand Rapids. It is indeed rust free and dent free. Crack
in the top of the front bumper. Two center caps missing off the
alloys. Two short cracks in lower corner of windshield.
It started right up; Jack had apparently done something to the fuel
pump since Roger looked at it. It started, but it was very uncertain
if it would idle and keep running and the exhaust is very loud. The
idle got a little better as it warmed up and I was able to test drive
it a few miles, but one or two cylinders seemed to be very
intermittent. Steering and suspension seemed firm and tight and the
AT seemed strong and smooth. They said it was "new".
Jack said that sometimes it just quits when being driven. Someone
told him that something was bad in the distributor, but he seemed
rather unclear as to what part was at fault.
The interior is rather shabby with dirt and a split seat and various
tears in door panels etc.
The power locks and PS window don't work and nothing happened when I
tried to turn on the AC. The worst part is that it smells like there
is a mouse nest in the front heater.
So, this is definitely going to be a project, but a body this nice
is hard to find in this part of the country, and I can store it at my
brother's place nearby until I get time to work on it. I already have
an 83 1/2 Westy project stashed there. :-)
My regular workhorse '91 GL with Subie 2.2 also needs a little work.
So many vanagons, but so little time....
Larry A.
On 11/18/09, Roger VanTill <motelvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> Went and looked at the van today. It needs some work. The body is rust free.
> The fuel pump wasn't working when we tried to start it. Felt like it was
> trying, but binding. Says he had the tranny rebuilt by some small town local
> part time mechanic. It would probably clean up and run, but my guess is you
> would sink some cash into it to get it to daily driver mode. Oh well.
>
> Talked to the owner for a while. Blew him away that some guy from Colorado
> called him. Explained what the Vanagon list was. He got a kick out of that.
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:07 AM, Roger VanTill <motelvw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Should I go look at this for you, Jeff? I could end up getting Mary an
>> early Christmas present.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Wow, a call out on the list - I have arrived :)
>>>
>>> Jake - This is about 2 1/2 to 3 hours away from me. However, it is right
>>> near the heart of the Buses by the Beach activity and there are several
>>> Vanagon savy people within close range of this one.
>>>
>>> If this is even close to as good as the guy explained to Miguel it could
>>> be
>>> a real find! I wish I hadn't just dumped close to the asking price into
>>> replacing the engine in Grover because if I hadn't I'd jump on this one -
>>> hmmmmm Maybe I still can :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Jake de Villiers <
>>> crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Paging Jeff Lincoln!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>> '90 Carat (Grover)
>>> '86 (We call this one Parts)
>>> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>>>
>>
>>
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