Umm it's a bad idea, in fact I should lecture him personally
on the matter..what's his phone number and where's the Van??

Seriously, did you check the engine et al..sounds like a decent
deal, or would be in my area (Seattle) even if the motor's rotten,
BUT you should always know what you're getting into.

JT
Tromper
1982 Dieselfant II
"The Manatee"

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Sam Josovitz
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:23 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: saw a westy today and

i looked through my local paper this morning and i saw somebody selling a
1984 westy. he was asking 800.00 obo he was out of town but he called me
back
and told me the vechile was left open if i wanted to look at it. As soon as
i
pulled down the street to where it was parked i saw why he was asking such a
low price. On the lower half of the driver side 4 inches up above the
propane
tank a big dent which  was follwed by  in the dent a gash and a little bit
of
seem rust. the under carriage was clean so was the engine compartment the
interior was nice  i raised the pop top that was clean maybe 2-3 little
holes
in the canvas  no big deal the pop top seal needed to be replaced it had
about 171,000 miles on a manual transmissions all in all it was in good
shape
should i jump on the deal i think i can get it for less than 800 what does
the group think

sam
76 vw bus
71 squareback