170k miles on my 85 Westy.  I have a slight leak that has not worsened over
the past year and a half that I've owned the vehicle.  The engine has never
been rebuilt.

Dave in KC

----- Original Message -----
From: Jermide <jermide@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: Who has/had the longest lived head gasket on this list?

> My recently purchased 85 GL has 188K miles on it. The previous owner
(second
> owner of 11 years and VW certified master tech) doesn't think the engine's
> ever been rebuilt or replaced. He seems to be an honest guy, too. No
leaks,
> yet.
>
> Jeremy
>