Hello All, I looked at a Vanagon tonight (southeast missouri, not
exactly the vw hotspot of the world, nor anywhere close to it) and
just got off the phone with the owner, he wasn't there where the van
was at, its at a repair shop and the mechanic "don't do no
watercooled vehicles" (his words more or less).

Anyhow, its an '85 7 passenger with (according to the owner) a good
engine (as they just did the heads on it as someone told them that
the heads were leaking and pushing coolant out the expansion tank so
they put new heads on it). They went thru the cooling system, new
hoses, tanks, etc.. The body looks good, but has a dent in the
sliding door and is a little scratched up in places.

Now the bad news, they had problems with the automatic transmission
so the owner took it to a transmission place and they worked on the
tranny. Then the transmission started leaking again so the shop they
took it to this time said its the seal between the tranny and
transaxle and that its probably ruined the both of them. The owner
had it towed to its current resting place until he can figure out
what to do with it (the mechanic there only works on beetles).

He said to just make him an offer as he's tired of putting money into
it especially since its his son's vehicle and he's wanting something
more powerful. I don't want to pay a bunch for this, nor can I afford
to. But I don't want to get stuck with an expensive van that I'm
going to have to put a bunch of money into it also. Nor do I want to
make him upset at me either by offering a bottom dollar price.

Any ideas what to offer?
Thanks, Tony
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