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Subject:Re: Hurry Folks! The Price Will Go Up If It Runs!!!
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:10:59 -0800

"obviously a dream' .........?
what the asking price ?
I suppose it could be worth that .

the *only* thing it has going for it ........is low miles.
And if it's not rusted, for where it is ..........that's big points to the
positive of course.

to call it a 'camper motorhome' is stretching it tough. .
there's a bathroom and a shower ?
Most women would think those come in any 'camper motorhome' .

And ..it's an air-cooled early vanagon ..with auto trans...
'not the best model to start with' let's say.

and I suspect the seller is likely not that aware of the entire water-cooled
and wbxr, and subaru, and Zetec and TDI etc. etc. 'enhanced vanagons' world.

low miles are nice..
and ..
I have seen, an own ...vanagons with 200K on them..
and sure they'be been through a few engines..
and have their 'loving minor wear and tear' on the insides and outsides..
but the whole van, suspension wise n' all , doesn't seem like there are that
many miles at all.

'most' vanagons these days are in the 150K to 250K miles range..
and they are just like a traditional general aviation small plane..
like a Cesna ...as long as you keep the body/chassis intact and healthy ..
you can rebuilt and upgrade on it forever.
 Vanaongs ....non-rusted and non-crashed ones..
hvae many lives in them.  Any good body/chassis can be turned into
whatever..
the ultimate tdi sycnro westy blah blah blah.

anyway...it's all fun.
and Vanagons rock,
scott
www.turbovans.com
trying to mostly behave .

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Torrella" <ttorrella4@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: Hurry Folks! The Price Will Go Up If It Runs!!!

This was listed here & ebay a few months ago - obviously it's a dream!
Amazingly such a great deal if only for it's current owner with high hopes.
Or is just high........ IF it ran without starting fluid maybe. . . . .

On Jan 15, 2012, at 8:31 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> Some folks just amaze the h*ll outta me! Bought at an auction, probably
> for $500.00 or less, and actually compares it to a Go Westy! van. But
> don't wait!! If it runs the price will go even higher!!
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> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/rvs/2795309444.html
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> Jeff Stewart