On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:40 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:

> You have way too many VWs.
> 
Is that possible? :-)  I've heard others on the list mention many more in their stable. I'm just playing catch-up!

> I'd put a bottle of Techron and 5 gallons of premium in the tank and start it up.
> 
> Nice score.  Wish it was mine.  Especially for $400.
> 

Jeff (Jeff's Volkswagen Repair <http://tinyurl.com/y9vv9b2>) still has another Carat for sale. An '88. He wants $400 for it as well. It's rebuilt engine seized up after only 10k miles. The rebuild company (that the original owner bought the engine from) would not honor the warranty since it could not be proven that poor maintenance was not the cause of the failure. It was a one owner machine and Jeff says she took good care of it. After the rebuild crapped out she wanted nothing to do with it. Sad.

Jeff does have another engine to put in it, just not the time to do it. As such it's been setting for at least a couple years. I took some pics last year. You'll see a broken out window. There's a replacement window inside to fix that. <http://www.kippert.com/vanagon/88carat/>

> Jim
> 
> 
> On Jan 22, 2010, at 8:12 PM, Mark A Kippert wrote:
> 
>> A while back I purchased a '90 Carat and I finally have time, and the space, to bring it home. I picked it up for $400. <http://www.kippert.com/vanagon/90carat/index.html>
>> 

Mark K
1986 GL/2WD/4SPD