Date:         Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:51:33 EDT
Reply-To:     DKSandA@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Smith <DKSandA@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fw:      one year anniv.
Comments: To: keepsake@PANGEA.CA, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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I will second Roy. Os comments.  My 84 Westy is just great when it is running
and does not need repair.  But since buying it a year ago it has cost me over
$10,000 just to keep it on the road.  With repairs including head gaskets,
rebuilt tranny, new upper control arms, new strut arm bushings, new water
pump, new starter motor, new clutch master and slave cylinders, new calipers
and brake cylinders, pop top seals, luggage rack seals, used intake air
distributor, new upper ball joints, new sink drain P trap and thru floor
fitting, new windshield and weatherstripping, new weatherstripping all around
for driver side door windows, used metal radiator pipes from the engine to the
radiator, new tranny shift levers, and I am sure there are some that I have
forgotten to mention.  All in just one year.  I really wonder about my sanity
in keeping this vehicle.  I know whoever gets it next will get the deal of a
lifetime.  It will be mostly new parts by then.

Doug Smith
84 Westy
Cambridge, MA