Well, my buddy is actually an ex dealership lead mechanic from a large
Porsche/Audi/VW dealership.  His daily driver is an '89 Porsche 928 S4.  I
think he knows what he's got.

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Need auto trans for an air-cooled

> 65k, no rust...............
> Yeah! I got an 81 Westy sitting in my drive way that has 34K showing on
> the speedo. I'd like to believe that was the right mileage but that
> wasn't me you saw falling off that turnip truck.
> My 83 Westy shows 68K on the speedo but its a 100 MPH speedo so I don't
> have a clue what year the spedo came out of. Real mileage on the 83 Westy
> is 287 K and I have the original speedo to prove it.
> I'd say that your buddies has got two or three times that mileage on it
> because those auto trannys will last well past 100K before they have
> problems.
> However the price was right so even if its got 300K its still the right
> price. 80$....... that is a fair price for a dead car.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:48:42 -0500 Gary Stearns <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET>
> writes:
> > I bumped into a friend today that I hadn't seen in awhile.  Actually
> > he saw me looking over the very clean '82 aircooled in his parking
> > lot.  He got it for the price of the tow out of the guys yard.  65k,
> > no rust.  It needs it's auto trans replaced.  Anyone have one or
> > know who might?
> >
> > Thanks-
> >
> > Gary
> >
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