if you are living in the hot-lanta area I HIGHLY  recommend steve at
theautobahnsociety.com he has a website , just google what I just listed
here for a hit , steve is the man on the westies in your area.it's about
all he works on

If you are going to travel go to Larry's roadhaus.com website and check
out his state by state list for shops.

Have steve look over your van , if you are not a wrench turner, he will
give you peace of mind from the doom-sayers, but they are right replace
the fuel lines today's additives and ethanol are hard on the lines , most
important enjoy your "new" van!!!! , once you have all the bugs worked out
you will find the vanagon to be very reliable and fun to boot.

to see steve's work , you can see it here (copy and paste)

http://home.earthlink.net/~mark.cumnock/

enjoy the new van!!! and welcome