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Subject:Re: 83 WaterBoxer
From:Eric Zeno
Date:Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:47:16 -0500

Any Idea  as to the GVW of that Mini-van tow
vehicle?
                             Eric

Greg Potts wrote:

> Hi Volks,
>
> It's home now...  After a year of lurking on the list we now have a
> waterboxer in the family, to go along with three Baywindow buses and
> two aircooled Vanagons.
>
> Here are the pics:
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/Vanagon/83WaterBoxer/
>
> It's a bit on the rough side but a LOT better than we had been
> expecting for the price. Dad is the third owner. It needs a thorough
> cleaning and new canvas; but the first priority will be to find out
> what went wrong to make the PO decide to park it four years ago. We
> have extensive maintenance records from the original owner (who brought
> it east from CA in 1997), but the P.O. in Buffalo was not nearly so
> nice to it. We're hoping it's something simple, like a vacuum leak or a
> fuel filter. (We should be so lucky.)
>
> I'll post more about it once I've had a chance to see it in person. So
> far all I've seen is the pics above.
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
> 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> http://www.busesofthecorn.com
>
>