My first Vanagon is an 81' that I = traded for my Honda Civic.  I got the better half of the deal!  This was = back a few years ago right before I moved to Portland from Wisconsin and I asked = him to give me a ride out there with his Vanagon.  Instead of a ride, he = gave me his vanagon for my car which needed more work than the Vanagon = did.  It ended up costing me about $300 to fix it up, but it made it to Portland = with no problems.   That same Vanagon is still driving today.  It = needs some mechanical work and a bunch of body work.  Today I = traded it to my cousin who does body work, for a complete workover and a = paint job on my new 83' Vanagon.  It has minor body rust and one small = hole in the drivers side floor.  We finished the majority of the mechanical work on it, just waiting to get my new gas tank = from Z and it will be all good. 
 
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