Way to go Scotty! That was just what you have been looking for -and a trade
none the less - perfect. Looks to be in pretty good shape for something that
was left to languish in a Junkyard.

I'm not going to be a jerk and try to name your new bus but it seems to me
the name just might be in the Street name the junkyard was on :)

I'm happy for you man - I'm almost as excited as I might be if I had made
that deal.

On 10/24/07, Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bus Saved!
>
>
> Scotty ended up talking the junkyard into a trade for a plasma cutter he
> bought from a pawn shop!  Got the title and drove it home.  We figured
> they
> wanted the plasma cutter to cut up buses!
>
> We got the bus back to my barn and found the bench filled with 4 bags of
> bus
> parts!  Injectors, ECU's Expansion Tanks, Fan Switches, and much
> more.  The
> bus is pretty straight and has not been hacked on too much.  Very little
> rust for an '85. Great Rescue!
>
> Pictures here:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/pnoceanwesty/85BlueBusRescuedFromJunkyard?authkey=FJPGzBCLcqw
>
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW. Busesbythebeach.com
>
>
>
> On 10/23/07, Ahlgrim, Kevin <kahlgrim@iusb.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I can't believe what people take to the junkyard.  This vanagon's body
> > is in really great shape for Northern Indiana.  Only rust I saw was
> > around one window.  They said the guy had too many projects so drove it
> > in.  It started right up but there is a leak in the radiator so there is
> > no antifreeze so I didn't run it to long. Doesn't look like the heads
> > are leaking.  Has just over 100,000 miles on it.  Other problems are
> > electrical.  I didn't get a chance to drive is since it was parked in.
> > There is a spare engine in the back of the van.  They're looking to get
> > around $1000 before they start parting it out/crushing it.  It's at the
> > Gertude Street U-Pull-It, 574-472-1277.  Please save this Vanagon. I
> > have pictures if you would to see them.
> >
> > I'd save the van if I could but have no room for another vehicle.  I
> > have nothing to gain from this except the joy of seeing a good Vanagon
> > back on the road.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
>
>
>
> --
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'85 GL (Preparing to move to a new Home)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus