<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 03/31/12, <SPAN>Dave Mcneely<mcneely4@COX.NET></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">---- Paul <I$ <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:wognacious@GMAIL.COM" target=_blank>wognacious@GMAIL.COM</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>Well, that's definitely not the attraction for me. If I could get an excellent, reliable camper of the same size, similar sized engine, same or better road clearance, and with the same camping outfit, but a modern vehicle that I could simply maintain without constant concerns, maybe 40K, I'd have it in a flash. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> Well then, do what I am doing to my 87 Westy. Have a Gen 5 I4 installed and a bottom job done by FAS. No rust probleems. No head gasket problems. No going 80 mph w/o straining the motor problems. Oil changes and normal maintainence for a new Golf motor. A VW product in a VW, and kinda like what VW of SA does when they get sick of replacing heas gaskets in Vanagons that never rust and seem to last forever. I would say more but Jon won;t let me. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> Dave B.</DIV></div> |
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