Date:         Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:43:32 -0500
Reply-To:     Racer X <akimmons@PDQ.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Racer X <akimmons@PDQ.NET>
Subject:      Re: Transporting a vehicle cross-country
Comments: To: Jim Fritz <jfritz@DECORAH.K12.IA.US>, vanagon@VANAGON.com
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I've been through that....
Broke down in the Redwoods of CA. years ago. Overheating and I was
clueless to Vanagon repair at the time, so I'm a little bit embarrassed
to flippin' out about it and probably paying too much. Anyway...I was
also flat broke, so I let a friend keep it until
I was able to raise the $750 or so to transport it here to Houston. I
just checked the yellow pages under something like Moving or so?

Yeah...I'm sure I walked right into it.

My only advice is to be sure that it's not less expensive to fix
it...and drive it.
A good cross country trip in a Vanagon is worth it's weight in gold even
if you run into problems! Each trip is an adventure for sure.

Jim Fritz wrote:


> List members,
> I'm relatively new to the list and a Westy Wannabe. I'm looking
> everywhere for a 89-91 Westy, road ready, with auto trans and AC. I'm
> looking outside of the midwest "salt belt" to try to find a Westy that
> hasn't already started to rust so this requires me to either: #1 fly
> to the Westy and drive it back or #2 have it shipped to me (in Iowa).
> I've never tried shipping a vehicle and don't have a clue where to
> start. Your help would be appreciated.
> P.S. If you know of a "choice" vehicle FS like I described please give
> a holler! TIA
> Jim
> '91 Passat GL wagon
> '66 restored beetle
> jfritz@decorah.k12.ia.us
>

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