I'd look alot more carefully at this van.  Looks as though it's been
repainted (why is the area in front of the mud flap so pristine?) but the
respray couldn't contain that seam rust. At the very least get under it an
poke around with a pick to see if any of the undercoating is bubbling  from
rust beneath it. Also check the other seams.  Is the new paint hiding
anything there?  Other than that... looks like a good one.

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kasper" <dragon@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 6:51 PM
Subject: westy rust redux

> can anyone advise me just how bad this rust looks?
> http://www.scruznet.com/~cikasper/pics/westy/seam.jpg
> http://www.scruznet.com/~cikasper/pics/westy/seamclose.jpg
>
> would it keep you from buying this vehicle if it were for less than US$10K
> and it was an '87 syncro westy (and everything was taken care of by
original
> owners, etc.)?
>
> thanks.
> bill
>