Ron,

Welcome back to the club. Congrats on the find.

kevin

On Apr 14, 2008, at 8:36 PM, The Bus Depot wrote:

> I'm happy to report that I am once again a happy Vanagon owner!
>
> As you may recall, back in December a falling tree split my '89
> Westy in
> two.  (See <http://home.comcast.net/~type2/Vanagon.htm> for the
> ugly pics.)
> In January I bought a '95 Eurovan Winnebago Camper, as a fall-back
> just so I
> wouldn't be camperless in the spring.  It was quite a find for what
> it is -
> a one-owner vehicle, owned by an 80 year old couple who had it
> exclusively
> dealer serviced. (With the rare 5 speed trans and center bench
> seat, to
> boot!)  But my dream was to find that elusive "time machine"
> Vanagon Westy
> to replace my old friend. You know, the mythical low mileage mint-
> condition
> Westy, owned by a little old Deadhead who only drove it to concerts on
> Sundays. :-)  Oh, and I didn't want to pay GoWesty prices for it.
> I figured
> it might be quite a while before something like that came around at a
> reasonable price, especially here on the East Coast where they're
> more rare.
>
> Well, today I found it!  I bought an '87 Westy with 40k original
> miles. It's
> about as close to new as I could have expected to find; it's totally
> original and looks like it's hardly been camped in. The one
> downside (to me)
> is that it's an automatic, which is a shame, but I'll live with
> that given
> the low mileage and near-perfect condition.  It's not like I was
> planning to
> hot rod in it anyway. I kept my last Westy for 12 years, and
> probably will
> keep this one just about as long, so I'm thrilled to be starting
> off with
> one that's so close to mint!
>
> On that note, if anyone is in the market for a really nice Eurovan
> Camper,
> email me, as it looks like that will go up for sale after all.
> ($19,500
> firm, and worth every penny given its history/condition.)  Also I
> am about
> ready to start parting out my '89 now that the weather has turned.
> (Sorry,
> camper cabinet doors, curtains, engine, trans, instrument cluster,
> mattresses, tables, and a few other items are already spoken for.)
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   www.busdepot.com
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