Up here in wetland Vancouver Island, Malahat Auto Wreckers has a
limited vanagon selection. About 10 last time I checked (month ago)
and another one was on its way that day. Most, if not all, of those
10 have been in the yard for a while.

The vans are pretty well picked over, but still some late model
camping stuff, and some suspension parts and body parts. I'd say
about 1/3 have fire damage.

I asked about the vanagon scarcity and was told by worker that they
were diverting a lot of their incoming wrecks to the Nanaimo
division, so if there are any listmembers up there, have a look and
see what's what.

One pity about Malahat is that they don't seem to take much care over
westy vanagons. Stuff out there in the rain, snow, and sometimes sun :)

oh and the wasps...

alistair
'86 syncro 7  passenger
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
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> 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