Date:         Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:41:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Body stiffness in Bus/early vanagon/late vanagon
Comments: To: GMBulley <GMBulley@AOL.COM>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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---GMBulley <GMBulley@AOL.COM> wrote:
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> Were the earlier air cooled westys sturdier/thicker metal? Any
guidance would
> be appreciated, as I want to make a purchase this summer, and need
to focus on
> what year models are appropriate for my desires/needs. The air
cooled ones are
> looking very attractive. Is this one more reason to consider?

Aircooled as in Vanagon? Over the time that I spent looking for a bus,
I have bruised my poor little knuckles knocking around for Bondo and
have realized that the older Vanagons are tanks! Correct me if I'm
wrong, but it seems that the watershed year was 1986 when they went to
thinner sheet metal, because I checked one of those out and it did
sound tinny, but my '84 has the THWUNK that the aircooled models have
when you close the doors.

Add the fact that the Type IV engine doesn't leak coolant it doesn't
have, and the aircooled models look so much more attractive. I'm still
pissed because I couldn't find an early '83- aircooled VW technology's
last hurrah! I almost bought a cherry '81 but the guy wanted too much.
:(

My $0.02,
Sam
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