Thank you:-)
Actually the abandoned one was a 2WD.  The van would barely start and when
it did it ran like crapola.  I switched out the ECU and all worked fine.

It was a couple years later that I parted an '86 Syncro out through the
list.  Which helped me to finance the purchase of an '86 Syncro Wolfsburg
Weekender Westfalia.  Then, again with the lists help I was able to find and
install a full westy interior (the poptop was already there), Carat Bumpers,
power steering, alloy wheels, Project  Zwo fog lights (much harder to come
by in those days), and a Carver P4.

I love the Vanagon list.....and I am in it's debt.

Cory
'90 Syncro Westy
'95 GTI VR6

> I could not imagine a better happy ending to your lovely story.
> That '86 was the one that was in the dealer's yard and you fixed it up
> yourself?
> Zoltan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cory Zumbrennen" <cz137@HOME.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Car tastes of our teenagers
>
>
> > It took me 5 yearsfrom when I got my licence to when I bought my first
> > Westfalia, a white '86.  I bought a white '81 Jetta a few months before
I
> > got my license and drove it until I graduated from High School.  At
which
> > point my parents traded me the Jetta for a Red GTI 16v as a graduation
> > present.  They *gave* the Jetta to my then barely 16 year old sister,
who
> > proceeded to total the car the next week!
> >
> > While in college I thought that the Nissan Pathfinder was as cool as can
> be,
> > until I was on my second extended summer road trip and thought to myself
> > that there must be a better car to travel, live, and camp out of!  Of
> course
> > when I checked blue book values I thought that I would get a nice
'86-'87
> > Syncro Westy for $5K-$6K!!  Hahahahahahaha!  Not a chance.  So when I
was
> 21
> > I bought a 2WD Westy that had apparently been abandoned in the back of
my
> > local Nissan dealer.
> >
> > Two years later, with a lot of help from this list I had finally managed
> an
> > '86 Syncro Westy.  Of course I have never had a Vanagon as my only form
of
> > transport, I have always had some fast little VW as the Westy's
sidekick.
> >
> > So now finally at 26 I have reached my VW utopia.  A sweet black '95 GTI
> > VR6, and an even sweeter burgundy '90 Syncro Westfalia with all the
> > trimmings:-)
> >
> > I just wanted to share.....I thought y'all might understand.  Most
people
> > laugh at me:-)
> >
> > Cory
> >
> >
> >
> > > Sam W wrote:
> > > >>  We'll see what puberty does for his car
> > > >> tastes.
> > > >>
> > > >> Sam Walters
> > > >> '84 Vanagon, 174k
> > > >> '89 Syncro, 176 k
> > > >> 11 year old Alex, future driver
> > >
> > > Gary S wrote:
> > > > Since I agree with the theory that all teenagers go through a period
> of
> > > > temporary insanity (Even, no make that especially me. Somehow I
> > survived.),
> > > > I am thinking that my 13 year old son will have to satisfy himself
> with
> > an
> > > > old tank. I'm thinking Checker Marathon myself...
> > >
> > > My comments:
> > >
> > > As my twin fifteen year old boys turn sixteen within weeks, I am
keenly
> > > aware of how "uncool" the Vans are.  They are almost equally dismayed
> with
> > > my choice of an '81 diesel Rabbit as 'their' car (augmented by my
"sits
> in
> > > the alley and gets used as a truck S-10).  They will follow in the
> > > footsteps/tire tracks of their two older brothers who were forced to
> > endure
> > > econobox junkers until their driving and maintenance skills warranted
> step
> > > up next cars. Son # 1 now has a beautiful '98 VR6 GTI and son #2
drives
> a
> > > pristine '92 Jetta and has a '68 Karmaan Ghia as a keeper. Both of
them
> > > learned about cars through a series of object lessons and over several
> > years
> > > of servitude to their econobox beginnings. The older siblings both
admit
> > > that the utility of the vans is beginning to grow on
them...particularly
> > for
> > > moving and weekend camping.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Stephen Steele
> > > Chillicothe OH
> > > '91 Caravelle  Hans
> > > '84 Westfalia  Fritz or Sunny?
> > >
>