Hey that's good news - congratulations Larry!  =)

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I went and bought it today.  Just got it back here to the
> Holland, MI area about 30 min ago.  We are in the process of moving
> from Chicago to MI and I saw the first post about this van shortly
> before we left from Chicago yesterday with a vanagon full of stuff.
> Thank you George.
>
> After talking to Jack last nite, we went to look at it about noon
> today.  It was about an hour away from here, well off the beaten path,
> north of Grand Rapids.  It is indeed rust free and dent free.  Crack
> in the top of the front bumper.  Two center caps missing off the
> alloys.  Two short cracks in lower corner of windshield.
>  It started right up; Jack had apparently done something to the fuel
> pump since Roger looked at it.  It started, but it was very uncertain
> if it would idle and keep running and the exhaust is very loud.  The
> idle got a little better as it warmed up and I was able to test drive
> it a few miles, but one or two cylinders seemed to be very
> intermittent.  Steering and suspension seemed firm and tight and the
> AT seemed strong and smooth.  They said it was "new".
>   Jack said that sometimes it just quits when being driven.  Someone
> told him that something was bad in the distributor, but he seemed
> rather unclear as to what part was at fault.
>  The interior is rather shabby with dirt and a split seat and various
> tears in door panels etc.
> The power locks and PS window don't work and nothing happened when I
> tried to turn on the AC.  The worst part is that it smells like there
> is a mouse nest in the front heater.
>   So, this is definitely going to be a project, but a body this nice
> is hard to find in this part of the country, and I can store it at my
> brother's place nearby until I get time to work on it.  I already have
> an 83 1/2 Westy project stashed there.  :-)
>  My regular workhorse '91 GL with Subie 2.2 also needs a little work.
> So many vanagons, but so little time....
>
> Larry A.
>
>
>
>
> On 11/18/09, Roger VanTill <motelvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Went and looked at the van today. It needs some work. The body is rust
> free.
> > The fuel pump wasn't working when we tried to start it. Felt like it was
> > trying, but binding. Says he had the tranny rebuilt by some small town
> local
> > part time mechanic. It would probably clean up and run, but my guess is
> you
> > would sink some cash into it to get it to daily driver mode. Oh well.
> >
> > Talked to the owner for a while. Blew him away that some guy from
> Colorado
> > called him. Explained what the Vanagon list was. He got a kick out of
> that.
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:07 AM, Roger VanTill <motelvw@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Should I go look at this for you, Jeff? I could end up getting Mary an
> >> early Christmas present.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Wow, a call out on the list - I have arrived :)
> >>>
> >>> Jake - This is about 2 1/2 to 3 hours away from me. However, it is
> right
> >>> near the heart of the Buses by the Beach activity and there are several
> >>> Vanagon savy people within close range of this one.
> >>>
> >>> If this is even close to as good as the guy explained to Miguel it
> could
> >>> be
> >>> a real find! I wish I hadn't just dumped close to the asking price into
> >>> replacing the engine in Grover because if I hadn't I'd jump on this one
> -
> >>> hmmmmm Maybe I still can :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Jake de Villiers <
> >>> crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Paging Jeff Lincoln!
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Jeff
> >>> '90 Carat (Grover)
> >>> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> >>> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

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