I found a 89 Westy in my same town. I = took it for a test drive last night. The van is in really good condition. Everything = works, it runs well, I let it idle for a while in the driveway, no change in = engine temperature. The heads were done by a local shop not too long ago....it = has 130K. It is a manual. Clean body, clean inside.

Now for the kicker. The asking price is = about 13K. I get the feeling that the price of these vans is very arbitrary, (just = my feeling). Kelly blue book puts the value at about 14K, NADA and Edmuson = at about 8K. What is up? Part of me tells me to buy the best van I can afford = because they are no longer around, duh, and chances are I'll be keeping it a = while. I just didn't want to spend so much on my first van especially when, with = the mileage, things can still go wrong (clutch, suspension, = etc.)

Also, there is a small bubbling of paint behind and below the gas cap on the right hand side in the = seam. I'm sure others have seen this bubbling. The question is how much metal = needs to be removed (if any) to stop the rusting. My experience with older = cars and rust is that the rust usually is worse than it looks. Any advice = would be helpful.