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Date:         Sat, 11 Oct 1997 23:09:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Todd Last <Rubatoguy@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From:         Todd Last <Rubatoguy@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Used parts sale - Bus and Vanagon
Comments: To: Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.971011161752.30274A-100000@sherlock.SIMS.Ber
              keley.EDU>
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At 04:31 PM 10/11/97 -0700, Tom Young wrote: >Hi all: > >Last March I posted about Bud's Bugs, a VW-only wreaking yard in Concord, >CA, that was having a "$20 Sale." I offered to find and ship parts while >the sale was on, and several people got some parts they were needing. > >I wandered back into Bud's Bugs today, and they're having their "$20 >Sale" again; their flyer for the sale says "$20 For-Just-About-Anything >In-The-Yard SALE. (excludes complete engines, cars and 1985 and newer >parts.)" > >Unlike last time, I'm not going back out that way anytime soon (didn't >find anything I need) but I was told they have a web site >(www.budsbugs.com) so you can email them with any requests. (I was also >told they will ship smaller parts UPS.) > >They didn't seem to have a ton of Bus and Vanagon stuff, but they had >some, including what looked to be a complete '71 camper with pop-top, so >you might get lucky. > >Usual disclaimers: I have no association, affiliation, relationship, >kinship, or any other sort of tie-in to Bud's Bugs; I've bought stuff >there a few times and that's it. Maybe if you mention my name in your >emails I can get a parts discount!!! :-) > >(I'm guessing that the $20 price is also limited to a "you pull-it" >situation, but who knows?) > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU >Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon >---------------------------------------------------------------------

I've been to Bud's Bugs a number of times, and they are pretty nice. I was just there two weeks ago and they only had about 4 Vanagons, all air-cooled. I've never seen a Wasserboxer in their yard.

Worth checking out IMHO.

Todd Last '88 Westfalia


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