well darn...
I missed your follow up post.
how could that happen ??

and not being a 5 speed...
makes it rather more ordinary, but possibly still a good van eventually.
----- Original Message -----
From: "BenT Syncro" <syncro@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: '83 Adventurewagen highroof 5spd diesel camper FS cheap...$2
grand

> If you read my follow up to that post, I noted it is NOT a 5-speed.
> Although Levi suggested it is a Fiberine top, the inner liner is  totally
> different from any Fiberine pics I have ever seen. Then again,  the former
> owner from Seattle where this camper was purchased (per  present owner)
> may have made the diamond shaped quilt liner.
>
> At any rate, it is sale pending until Friday. No listmember asked for  a
> PPI so I skipped the appointment to check in person.
>
>
> BenT
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:27 PM, "Scott Daniel  - Turbovans"
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com
> > wrote:
>
>> True ..
>> it's a 'diesel high top'...
>> and the really yummy thing an 83 diesel should have is a 5 speed
>> transmission.
>>
>> if it has that, and no rust .....
>> this is a super fine project van.
>> The trans alone  isn't quite worth 2K...but it's worth a significant
>> portion of $ 2K...
>> it's a good buy for someone.
>>
>> and it's not an Adventurewagon of course.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: '83 Adventurewagen highroof 5spd diesel camper FS
>> cheap...$2 grand
>>
>>
>>> I don't think that is an Adventurewagen. Note that even the Seller
>>> says "ala Adventurewagen" as in  'similar to an AW'.
>>>
>>> I have seen this type of hightop before.  Besides having owned a half
>>> dozen AW's, I have seen several others up close and personal. The top
>>> in this ad looks like a Safari conversion or maybe even a Canadian
>>> Getaway Camper. I don't see any Koa wood in that interior either.
>>>
>>> Anyway, it is practically in my backyard. I can do a quickie PPI if
>>> someone is interested in this thing. It might be ugly bit it's a
>>> diesel hightop for $2K.
>>>
>>>
>>> BenT
>>> Sent from my mobile device
>>>
>>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 8:20 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>>>
>>>> somehow this got posted in the wrong section of samba...
>>>>
>>>> _http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=941122_
>>>> (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=941122)
>>