What you're looking at is a junker!

An 87 Syncro just sold here in Dallas Texas with a wonderful clean = body, great CD ROM stereo, Mercedes 15" wheels, AC and all in all a great = buy for $2000.00, that's right. I've still got the pictures if you want to P-mail = me, but of course its gone.

I just turned down an 89 Vanagon, Wolfsburg Edition with OEM mags, AC = and all in all a beautiful vehicle here in Dallas Texas for $800.00

If you're new to the Vanagon world you'll find out that Vanagons in = Texas do not have resale value worth a darn.

The story is different with Westfalias if you can find them, the same = year Westfalia will bring two to five thousand dollars more and the range from = 80-91 year models. The 83.5 was a water cooled but I see you're looking at an 82= watercooled with a 1.9 litre engine.

Hold out for a Westfalia, wheather you go with Air Cooled or Water Cooled.

Oh! By the way, Vanagon air conditioners seldom work that well. I can'= t say but thats what everybody says. Never had AC on a Vanagon so I don't have a= personal opinion.

83 Westfalia Air Cooled.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:19:37 -0800 Perry Pillard <ppillard@MACROMEDIA.COM> writes:

&= nbsp; Not long back I purchased an '83 Rabbit, with a stock 1.6L turbo diesel.&= nbsp; Man, am I impressed with it! Economy, performance, reliability all= wrapped up in a neat little bundle. The more I work on the engine, = the more I like it, and this started me to thinkin' that maybe I should = convert all our family vehicles to diesels. I like the idea that I can work= on them and keep the auto mechanics greedy fingers out of my pocket. I= also like the idea of 'bio-diesel', and will likely start expirimenting with that.

&= nbsp; Well, now I'm in the market to buy a vanagon for my wife to double as = both her daily driver and the family camping rig. I want it to have a 1.9L = turbo diesel (I know they're rare!). And I want to customize the interior= to be able to tote our two children around town and still have the creature= comforts of a Westy. Is this do-able? I found an '82 Vanagon = with the engine I want for $3500. The engine is only 10K miles old, and = the van is in great shape. I'm still talking to the owner to get all = the details about it. He seems to be quite a decent fellow, and I have = a good feeling about buying from him. A big drawback is that I'= m Dallas and he's in Conneticut, which means I would have to fly out there = and drive it back, without even the courtesy of a test drive!

&= nbsp; Here's a link with all the info he's given me so far: http://www= .geocities.com/keyframer/vanagon/index.html, I'd really appreciate if you would look it over and tell me what you think.

&= nbsp; What's the likelyhood of the air conditioning still working in this van?&= nbsp; I'm in Dallas, and a/c is a requirement for a soccer mom! If it = doesn't work, how hard is it to work on? What about installing some = aftermarket a/c system? Any thoughts on that?

&= nbsp; I've been doin' quite a bit of researchin' and have learned a lot about Vanagon's, Westy's and Syncro's. But I would really appreciate any = tips you could give me about what to look for, buying expiriences you've had, = and anything else you think I ought to know. Thanks in advance!

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