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Subject:Re: AW Warning
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:54 -0800

My 85 Adventurewagon, when I got it,   had a leaking aluminum
pressurized water tank ..
a leaking sink drain line, and busted up cheap cabinetry.   No rust
though.  Got rid of the very bad, IMO, interior right away.

78 ? Is that your age or what ?

On 2/10/2013 8:30 PM, miguel pacheco wrote:
> A heads up to Adventurewagen owners. Sick and tired of the antiquated,
> poorly designed AW interior inside of Fritz, I removed the cabinets and
> flooring this week. The mystery of the day was 'rust, or no rust....' The
> parquet flooring was held down by gobs of black polyurethane, as expected,
> and there was zero rust on the panel which typically gets rusted up by the
> Westy fill port and zero rust above the rocker. None of the AW water
> system, or drains, leaked. Kind of a miracle, after all these years.78
> Miguel
>