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Subject:Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
From:Ken Wilford
Date:Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:34:16 -0500

I actually know the guy who is selling this van and he isn't a scammer
he is a nice guy that just happens to live in Sweden at the moment and
is going back and forth between the US (where he used to live until a
few months ago) and Sweden.  I don't know anything about the van, just
letting you know that the seller is a real person.  He and his family
were here with another Westy that he owned this past summer and I fixed
a minor issue with that for them.  His wife is Swedish and they decided
to move over there for a few years to be near her family I guess.  That
is all I know.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Mike South wrote:
> I sent an email with a bunch of questions, and I while I was searching
> around for what "R34" meant I saw that it was also posted on cl:
>
> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/1559572033.html
>
> In that ad copy it says "I will only be in the states until the 26th So will
> need to come before that . Have lowered the price".
>
> That's either a good explanation for why the price is so low, or warning
> bells about a possible scam.  (Just to be clear, I'm _not_ accusing the
> poster of scamming, just pointing something out that should always be
> considered in such a case.)
>
> mike
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>> I often find that these extremely low mileage vehicles turn out to be
>> high mileage vehicles with the low mileage quoted being on a rebuilt
>> engine.  Maybe not in some cases, but it is common.  If the vehicle has
>> such low mileage, with the camping equipment seldom used, and was always
>> garaged, why did it need a new pop top, and why does it need a new
>> propane tank?
>>
>> So far as the chrome, moon hubcaps, those are the originals, and I have
>> them on my camper.  When I bought it, it had plastic wheel covers that
>> are quite popular and mimic the appearance of alloy wheels.  The moons
>> were in a cabinet inside.  First thing I did was to switch them for the
>> plastic goofy things :-) .  Truer to the original appearance of the
>> camper.
>>
>> David Mc
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:25 AM, jordanvw@AOL.COM wrote:
>>
>>  not mine..but dam that's some low mileage..  looks sweet.. not diggin
>>
>>> those chrome moon hubcaps tho
>>>
>>>
>>> _http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=896425_
>>> (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=896425)
>>>
>>>
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