Man that's insane. That bus was at a wreckers?

Glad to see bus was saved. And it c/w bonus parts? Whoohoo!

Neil.

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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