I own an 82 with factory A/C cruise at 70 and climb the Appalachian at 55 very happy with it no radiator, water pump no Hoses etc

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On Oct 26, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:

> I would also add that the whole rig is 30+ years old.
> Out of sympathy I broke one of my rules ...NO air-cooled VW's !
> ..........for the owners of one I worked on one recently.
> And air-cooled Vanagon is like aBay Bus with a vanagon body and chassis ..
> kinda a tin can, not many features , as mentioned, like power steering ..
> 
> This one Ihad been barely ever been taken care of at all,
> and had had lots of hack work done to itby an air-cooled VW mechanic.
> The owner of the van was driving with only 1 of the 6 rear running/tail
> lights working ....no idea of course.
> Shihter didn't even have the screws at the base tight ...and he had just
> put that in. Whole thing was a real mess.
> 
> It made even a pretty bad waterboxer vanagon seem like a fairly well
> loved and taken care of vehicle.
> 
> if the being considered has a fresh engine, miles are not too high ...
> and has been cared for .....'maybe' ..
> and even then ....
> 'not recommended.'
> not at all really.  Only if it's totally perfect in every way , and even
> then ...
> 
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
> 
> On 10/26/2012 3:30 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>> They are dogs.  That engine was never intended for the Vanagon, but they couldn't get the waterboxer figured out in time for the new model introduction.  It's a disaster in a Westy.  No heat, no A/C, no power steering, no power period.  People do convert them to Zetec or WBX, but it's a lot of work and a lot of parts scrounging.
>> 
>> Stuart
>> '85 Westy
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Harry Hoffman
>> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 12:25 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Thoughts on buying a 82 air-cooled westy?
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> Was wondering if there are any major gotchas with the 82 west that are worth knowing about?
>>  I'm thinking of upgrading to a westy b/c the family has grown.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>>  Harry
>>