OK, wait till you hear this one-----

I see, in a local Advertiser paper, a color picture of this van , with
an advertised price of $1399.00 and was thinking-------
My toilet needs this and that, so if I buy this, and it needs little,
I'll part out my 85, and be happy.

I call the dealershp it's at, and the guy says that all it needs is
brake work , so I drive 35 miles, with this thought in my mind of all
this grandure-------

I got there, and almost puked, right on the salesmans shoe----

He gave me the key, and told me to go drive it----

I started it up, and it fired right away, with the "I've been siitin too
long sydrome, clack, clack , clack.

Hmmmmm.

Interior's as clean as a whistle---
Radio works,
AC blows cold,
Front heater doesn't,
Rear heater does,
Power mirror's work.

I crawl under the back and the damn thing doesn't have a drop of oil or
crud on the bottom of the engine or trans.

I get out from under the van get back inside, and hold the throttle at
about
1500 rpm, and here comes the sales guy.

" Boy does this thing sound like shit !"

"I think it's about ready to blow up!
"Why in the hell didn't you tell me this before I drove all the way up
here?"
And "Why in the hell didn't you tell me that some idiot rolled and
brushed the paint on this thing---I never would have even considered
buying this toilet if I knew this"

"You'll have to talk to the boss"----

I told him this rat is going to have a bunch of birthday's sitting on
his lot---
and there is a very small margin of Vanagon appreciator's traveling the
steeet's, and he had better plan on sitting on this rat for a long time.

"What will you give for it?"

Without blinking an eye, I said "$400.00, and that's $400.00 OTD, no
other BS taxes or title fee's".

He said 5, I said 450, and the deal was struck.

I figure I am getting all the neat stuff, putting the engine in mine,
and selling the rest to get the 450 back.

Keep silent on this one--------

I think there would be some unhappy camper's out there in Vanagonland,
if they knew what I paid for it.

Another day in TK's off the wall life-----

Later,

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Terry--
74 Campmobile- (Clementine)
85 GL- (Delilah)
86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva)