In the last couple of years I have sold 4 diesel Vanagons. 3 were to
folks planning to run them on biodiesel or used cooking oil. Every time
I have listed one for sale I have been inundated with inquiries. In some
cases bidding wars broke out with people offering more than I was asking
if I would just renege on a deal and sell to them instead. I would never
do such a thing but it shows that there is a real demand for diesel
Vanagons. As rare as most people think they are, my family still has 6,
a friend has one, a neighbor has another. 2 of my family owned ones have
1.9TD motors and those FLY!

There is a list just for diesel Vanagons on Yahoo.

Mark

Stan Wilder wrote:
>
> I think you could justify the "Diesel Following" if you knew how many are
> still on the road, or at least how many were built and shipped to the US.
> The numbers have to be small .......... I'd think?
> I must admit I've only seen one still running in Texas but I'm sure there
> are others.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?
>
> In a message dated 4/1/04 1:34:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> > There isn't a Diesel following.
> > You're trying to convince us that there is a diesel following.
> > One Diesel sells in six months and you think there is a following
>
> ive met a bunch of folks over the years who were diesel freaks..  whether it
> be the new TDI's, or the older turbo diesels of the 80's, i know quite a few
> people who are into diesels..  i know a local guy who has his yard filled
> with
> A1/A2 golf/jetta diesels, turbo diesels, and a 81 diesel vanagon.. all he
> drives are vw diesels..he is a total diesel freak.. and he just recently
> acquired
> a '98 new beetle tdi..    so anyway i think there is a big diesel following
> out there, they just appeal to a certain type of people.. and the fact that
> they
> can be made to run on grease and lard makes them even more appealing to
> some.. :<)      im guessing more new TDI's will be sold this summer as gas
> prices
> keep hiking up...ive seen alot more new vw TDI's on the road lately....
>
> "i'll run free cooking waste oil in my vw's before i pay $2.50 a gallon for
> unleaded gasoline" he told me..
>
> to each his own..
> chris