Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 18:36:14 -0500
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: vwbus@TCPBBS.COM
Subject: BUGOUT Report
IT RAINED.
There isn't much else. Quite a few buses though not many nice splits
as a rule a bunch of bays, cool for me a bay lover. One or two nice
split campers, a '8? 2wd double cab. Lots of bugs, very few <10 ghias
maybe 3 verts, 4-5 Things, a 412. Swap meet pretty poor a lot of junk
IMHO.
Went looking for a tent primarily. For unknown reason bought a mint
BA-4 gas heater for $75 after looking all round the swap area for a
tent.
Only one was for earlier buses, orange and white striped, looked pretty
beat and idiot was asking $450, yeah right. Got round to looking at the
buses and a guy was just taking down the proper drive-away for a late
70's he had sitting by his Vanagon. Complete, clean, beautiful, he had
just sold it for $275 to a guy that had asked him about it and as it
really
didn't fit the Vanagon he was tired of it. AAARHAAGH. I could have
killed something. Right about that time it began to really put down the
rain so I took off. MOFOCO, WCM, somebody selling Neuspeed for H20
freaks, a bunch of big vendors were there. Otherwise it was standard
try to sift through the trash. Only T4 parts I saw were a set of 1700
pistons, cam, crank, and D-jetronic distributor from a 914. My luck
I was looking for the one without the injection points. Still picked up
the heater, 2 German engine mounts at $5 each and a front spare mount
for $5 so not a total loss. I could have killed the guy for the tent
though.
Just my luck I guess. Also had to pass on an NOS VW rear hitch for
early
bays for $30, in the box just didn't think it would fit the late bay
easily, and
as I compared it to a guys '71 he became interested so I let him have
it.
Quite a few buses for sale, 2 deluxe splits, one real ragged, one OK.
A '91 Syncro for $7500 with 118k, I picked up the guys card but lost it.
Some weird buses present a real neat EV with 18" alloys and a bunch of
ProjectZwo body and suspension mods. A EV camper that was not by
Winnebago, Canadian in manufactur I think. A canadian '80s panel van
and the afore mentioned vanagon truck. A spiltty firetruck in OK shape
needed some work. A lot of FWD cars now days, place littered with show
and go Corrado's of course DC is in general, a lot of GTI's and even a
Fox
wagon, had a stereo worth more than the fox easily. VW had a TDI stting
there running, checked it out, figue they'll sell 1 or 2 in the US for
the price,
pretty neat though but hell Ford has had the DI truck for like 2 years
haven't
they? Took my picture in a Concept Crap mock up close as I'll ever get
to one
of them if indeed we ever see them. And got a free Driver's Wanted
T-shirt for
signing up for a VW Visa card, probably will be a neat momento of
another
failed VW add campaign.
An OK event I gues but IT REALLY RAINED.
John
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