

| Subject: | Re: Another Vanagon About to Be Crushed in South Bend, Indiana |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:08:04 -0800 |
Damn, I could use the rear bumper... On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Peter T. Owsianowski < pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote: > Bus Pilots: > > I was recycling some various metal and an old garage fridge Saturday > morning > and spotted this very nice looking bus at the Gertrude Street Recycling > center. Drove back through the yard after settling up and asked the guy > running the crusher about it and took a look under and inside. He said it > belongs the Bulldog Auto Parts company next door. It has no motor and is a > manula. Looked like it was filled inside with two motors, exhaust parts > and > a lawn mower. Prolly a mess inside, but looked pretty darn nice up close. > I believe it was in its original colors. Hardly any rust anywhere visible > and looked solid underneath. It seems the bus is near the end, but could > be > a good deal for someone with a motor. > > Anyway, we already pulled one bus and rebuilt the motor ( > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=862331) and got > other > projects on the burner. > > Check out two pics: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/pnoceanwesty/BlueBusSpottedAtRecyclingCenter?authkey=Gv1sRgCOzSjp2Z4PHI6wE# > > Let me know if you have any interest and I can point you in the right > direction. > Pete > '79 Westy "Aardvark" > '87 Westy "Joe's Van" > WWW.Busesbythebeach.com > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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