Hello,

 

I am so pleased with my '90 Westy that I purchased in May! I drove it
to work yesterday and today over HWY 17 (SF Bay Area Mountain road) and
was able to pretty much cruise from Santa Cruz to the summit (aprox
1900') while keeping my speed @ 55 in 4th. Of course this was at about
5:30am with next to no traffic. I think my Westy likes the cool foggy
weather. I also got to enjoy the utility aspect of my van as I picked up
my freshly rebuilt Porsche 356 Transmission which easily fit on the
floor.

 

Coming home last night on HWY 17 I saw a mini traffic jam up ahead and I
moved over to the fast lane, as I shifted to 3rd I could see up ahead a
nice looking '86-'91 Westy  doing perhaps 40mph with cars backed up
behind it. I wonder if the driver was still in 4th as I went by at
around 50mph. Either my car has a strong motor or perhaps this other van
was carrying a load, but going that slow on 17 can be potentially
dangerous. I do not like to go much over 4000 RPM but I do not believe a
couple of minutes @ RPM's up to 4400-4500 are going to hurt anything
assuming the H2O temp is OK. 

 

With respect to Poptop colors I received an E-mail from an owner of
multiple Westies who measured only a 5 degree difference on the inside
surface between a Burgundy Poptop and White Poptop (Temp was measured
with an Infrared gauge). This is not enough of a difference for me to
consider painting the top White on my Burgundy Westy.

 

Phil T

'90 Westy

Santa Cruz, CA