Go for it. Everything bad people are saying, I've heard said about my water cooled from non believers!

Jeff 

> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:18:47 -0700
> From: scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
> Subject: Re: Thoughts on buying a 82 air-cooled Westy?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> 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
> >>>