David Beierl wrote:
> I drove it something like 150,000 miles and never had it towed until the
> night it went to Mike Collum's to retire and *he* had it towed the
> last 17 miles.

Ah yes, but we both know that it was a matter of "Convenience" in that
Dutiful Passage's voltage regulator was the only problem which we could
have corrected with a trip back to the vehicle with a new part. (it was
not regulating and boiling the battery acid).

That engine was given to a guy I only knew through Vanagon Yahoo (he had
thrown a rod and couldn't afford to replace the engine) and he's been
using it as a daily driver ever since without any problems.

Mike