Date:         Tue, 9 Jul 1996 04:53:25 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Raistrick <xi8940@freenet.tlh.fl.us>
Subject:      A 72? kombi, i may obtain..


 yesterday...no...day before, me and a friend whent to look at a "bus" 
that we were told was free.. we were also told not to touch the 
ambulance. unfortunatly, it was a Caddy amulance instead...the ol' 
ghostbuster machine..

anyhow, i think the bus was a 72, since it had the T4 motor, one piece 
tailights, and no access hatch from above...
btw, it was sitting behind a funeral home. with '83 plates on it. and. 
and. LITCHEN <sp?> growing on it!! 

oil was old, but smelt ok, and still slick. 4 flat tires, physically, in 
much better shape than my 75, the engine had the duals on it, and a 
header exhaust. 

later the owner said that the enigne "was replaced with the bigger one". 
sorry, no numbers yet, but should see again today or so.  owner says it 
was parked because, "the engine would run, but it didnt seem to go anywhere."

hmm...sound like a symptom on a slipping clutch. either maladjusted, or 
maybe the front oil seal leaking a li'l to much..<both porblems i am 
quite familier with> i am currently kicking myself for not looking under 
the enigne for leaks, and oilsign. oh well.

it shifted a little tough, but noit bad. real ol oil. gas pedal stuck, 
till i pulled it back up. all glas is there, and good except for crack on 
right side of front window..:(  

owner then said that we should "make an offer", but we are not, were not, 
and prolly will not be in such a possition to make an offer, since we got 
no money. and 3 broke cars. and no damn job, or house...but thats a 
dfferent story alltogethor.

second on the list of "if we can come up with 700 or maybe 600$ for both" 
is, i regret to say, a american car. a 1973...can i say this here? of 
course, we have all had dreams of such, who hasnt, but i'd prefer a 60's 
model, Cadillac HEARSE. he wants more than the offered 500 from another 
guy, and will toss the bus in free. slight surfac rust, rollers and all. 

suposadly has a "real big engine..like a 500 or something" <my more 
american knowledgeable friend looked at it and said 
it was probably a 4sumthin <475?> with larger cut 
heads... or sum such. i wanna drive the hearse, but i WANT the bus.

if it does run, i will try to drag my battery and a can of gas out there 
before p/u and see if it really does run.i hope so, cause i need an 
engine..:)

of course, we still hope to get it for free, or REAL cheap...of course, 
i'm seriously considering selling of my pro audio equipment <that i swore 
i would never get rid of> and get a decent bus...oh well...i just need a 
damn car! and hoiuse and more...but still...


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