My .02 is that the seller appears to know his Vanagon and appears to
be pretty accurate in what he is revealing of the flaws.

I see it's located in CA, but I'd check out the body for rust anyways.

Ask for demo of fridge on LP.

Ask what the trailer hitch was for. i.e. What was he hauling? (heavy?)

Ask exactly where the PS leak is coming from. I don't know PS on
Vanagons, but it would be a shame to be stuck with replacing a part
that is either really pricey or NLA. (though I doubt the latter would
be the case)

Cheers, and best of luck.

Neil.

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:42 PM, James Ballen <jamosb78@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
>  Been off the list for a while now, but am back!  I've been looking for a new van for the last few months, and have come across this one:
>
>  http://sacramento.craigslist.org/car/605173865.html
>
>  I'm in talks with the owner and am going to hopefully see it this weekend.
>
>  What do you all think?
>
>  He says the only work it needs is fixing that power steering leak, which I don't have a lot of experience with...
>  Fixing the odo is not really a problem for me, and everything else looks pretty good.  He's done some nice upgrades, it seems.
>
>  Just looking for some opinions and some insight into some things I may not have thought to ask.
>
>  thanks,
>  /james
>
>
>
>
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