Of course it is if you have a place to keep them,
Get them at good prices,
And have a way to transport ones that don't run.........
One dead vanagon has about 300 useful parts on it to me.

Pick'n pulls are fine..........'BUT'........
If they weren't in a hurry to crush the things, that sure would help.
But so far my experience of pick n pull junk yards.............while there
are fantastic deals, like parts at literally 1/10th of what they're worth
really, or 1/5th at least...........
They have a rape mentality and keep the vans around about two weeks max it
seems.
So just based on *that* alone.......since the junkyards and pick n pulls
don't' really preserve or protect or save them...........
Then that makes a very big case for saving them ourselves.
I'm so nutty about preserving things that I treat the rust spots on my dead
never will run again parts vanagons.  Just cause I hate seeing the vans not
get real love and care.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Crawford, Neil
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:39 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Buying vanagons as parts donors

Vanagons seem to be rare at the parts yards around Portland, OR, so I'm
wondering if I could save time, money and have less issues with color
matching and all the related hassles of ordering parts from vendors by
buying cheap used Vanagons.  If you've experience with both modes of parts
sourcing:

Is it a viable option to buy vans and use them for parts instead of touring
the parts yards every month in your area?

Neil