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Date:         Thu, 26 Sep 1996 21:46:15 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         ddes@anet-dfw.com (David Schwarze)
Subject:      Re: vw's for sale (Bishop, CA)

At 4:15 PM 9/26/96, Joel Walker wrote: >on a camping trip to Mammoth Lakes, CA, i ran into this older fellow who >said he and his wife were wanting to sell their vw's. they live in Bishop, >CA. > >1972 Bus, 7-passenger, > Sierra Yellow/White top, extremely good body condition (the ONLY > detraction was the sand pitting on the front "face"). all the glass, > rubber, chrome, etc. is in excellent shape. even the interior, seats, > rubber mats, and especially the headliner are in almost showroom > condition. the bus looks no more than a year or two old. > 124,000 miles. factory rebuilt engine (20,000 miles ago). owner's > manual and a little vw owner-fixit manual that i'd never seen before. > original dual carbs, oil bath air filter. good wheels and tires. > i did NOT drive the bus, so i can't say how it ran or stopped. but if > any of you know the Mammoth Lakes area, he made it down to and back > out of the Devil's Postpile area. :)

I saw this bus too, and talked to the owner at length about it.

Positives:

Not a spot of rust. All floors have perfect, shiny off-white paint. Roof is also perfect - was always garaged. Upholstery flawless Headliner flawless Comes with an extra set of Solex carbs

Negatives:

It's not a camper Small scrape/dent on right rear about 4" square Some loose wiring under the dash (no big deal) Heavily pockmarked paint on the nose of the bus Engine running rough - won't idle Engine and tranny wet with oil and caked with dirt on bottom.

The negatives are probably all minor, except the first one. With a little TLC, this could be one heck of a show-winning bus! I don't know exactly how much he is asking, but I got the impression the asking price would be considerably less than that of one now-notorious 74/75 Camper.

Oh, I have to put in my two cents about an $800 brake job. That is an incredible amount of money, even if you had to replace everything. Rotors are $100/pair brand new, pads $20. I've heard of people paying $300 for a full brake job and I thought that was horrible. $800 just blows my mind! Even if I couldn't do the work myself, I'd shop around a little before paying that kind of $$. Ouch. As for the $2800 (I think) engine, that's not too far out of line, assuming it was installed for that price. Not cheap, but not too far above retail.

-David

============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) Dallas, Texas, USA '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: ddes@anet-dfw.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (13.986@100.81) or: des@eskimo.com '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) http://www.anet-dfw.com/~ddes '95, '96, '96 cats (Aackkk! Phhttt!) ============================================================================


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