Date:         Tue, 5 Jul 2016 03:31:15 -0400
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons
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Years ago i sold a really nice rustfree '79 westy std. to some young retro
hippy college kid.. As usual he wanted something he could take to  phish
and rusted root shows etc..  Book smart kid but clueless about  mechanicals...
I gave him a quick crashcourse on  the do's and dont's  of aircooled
engines and he seemed to take it in..   He ponied up  the money and gave me what i
wanted for it (actually his dad gave him the  money)  and as he drove off,
i muttered to myself "poor westy he will run  it into the ground in less
than 6 months"

3 months later i got a call and he had blown the engine somewhere in NC and
 had to leave it down there and get back to school... He later called me
and said  he had it towed home and was now selling it to pay the towing fee
cost from NC  back to PA..   i should have bought it back cheap and thrown
another  motor in it.. oh well.