I understand they can be a bit thirsty driven at 70 ....................?
'worse than usual' perhaps.

On 10/26/2012 7:16 PM, Gus wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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
>>>