There's a guy on Alameda that works on vans, supposed to be good and
reasonably priced.  A young woman who moved to SoCal a couple of years ago
told me about him but I didn't get a name or number.  Maybe she's lurking
and will let you know, or someone else may know of him.

Mike

> From: James Ballen <james_ballen@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Reply-To: James Ballen <james_ballen@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:09:54 -0700
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: '83 Vanagon
>
> Hey Volks,
>
> first i'd like to thank everyone that responded to my original post about
> the '83 i am looking at.  Well, i took it for a drive this morning.  It has
> some really nice qualities to it. Drives very nice and true. has a new
> clutch, and master cylinder a few years old. Exterior is California
> weathered, but not rusty, the undercoating is still there underneath, and
> the interior is in excellent condition.
>
> My biggest concern is the motor. It has 140K original, and it is running
> really well, but my fear is that soon i may need to do a rebuild due to its
> age sometime in the near future.  what do you all think?
> It is air-cooled, and a 1.8L i think.  The door post said it was produced
> 1/1983.
> If i buy it, it will most likely make a cross-country journey, and then back
> in a few months. (CA->Mass->CA)
>
> It's not a westy, and doesn't say country homes camper on it. The pop-up
> goes straight up, and is set up for sleeping. It has long screen windows
> along either side, and a front open window for accessing the luggage rack.
> Also has the dual-burner, sink, fridge setup.
> What exactly is this bus? it says it is a  Vanagon L.
>
> and finally, does anyone know a trustworthy, reasonably-priced VW mechanic
> in the SF bay area? preferably east bay...
>
> Sorry for all the questions, but i figured this is the best place in the
> world to find this info!  Thanks to all who give their piece of advice
>
> ~James
>
>
> I've never undertaken a project of that size,
>
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