There is an ebb and flow to Vanagons at those yards. It is true that a
couple years ago they would often have a dozen or more between them at
any given time. Right now is a very strange time at those yards because
of the Cash For Clunker program. After the huge glut of C4C cars works
its way through we will see what happens. Used Vanagons are up in value,
believe it or not. With Samba and Craigslist people sell them for real
cash rather than give them up cheap to the channels that send the to the
junkyards. I still see lots of Vanagons driving around so I know that
fewer in the yards means more people fixing them instead of junking
them. We saw about 20 this morning when we were out for a few hours and
I'm not counting any of mine. There were 5 camped separately at the
State Beach Campground and a bunch more spread along surfer's row north
of there. The neighborhood we cut through getting home has them on
nearly every block, most at the same houses for many years.

Mark
SoCal

Mark Hineline wrote:
> I just went down to Chula Vista, CA, and found four Vanagons in the
> all-European yard, none in the other two yards. What a difference a
> few years makes. Two of the four were campers, but there were no
> camper pieces left in them, except for one poptop (but not the luggage
> part).
>
> These were once fairly dependable yards for getting bus and Vanagon
> parts. I'm worried.
>
> Mark Hineline
>