Owning both an 82 scirocco and the 85 vanagon and having gone thru a move less than a year ago, all I can say us get creative. I found space everywhere I could. It was a goo time to so inventory and try to catalog parts in an organized fashion. It was easier on the move a storage process. Plastic bins or  those banker type boxes made good storage for smaller parts.

My extra large parts was a different story. 2 engines, fenders, doors, hatch , and complete + 2 extra front seats (red plaid) interior for the scirocco took a little ingenuity. But it got done and I'm happy to have it all. 

The vanagon has maintenance parts and things that fit in said boxes. I would not get rid of this things of you could help it

My .02 cents
El t.   

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On May 31, 2013, at 1:41 PM, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> I've been downsizing. A great feeling! But....
> 
> I'm considering storage costs v.s. advantages of  keeping and
> "carrying" larger parts like these:
> 
> Steering knuckles
> brake booster-cluster-frame
> steering column
> coils
> doors, hatch, slider
> etc. etc.
> 
> Right now I live in a house with an, "ahem", suitable basement but I
> may move. A very general question but ....
> 
> Have others who've moved to a smaller residence found that keeping and
> "carrying" parts like these was or is, worth it?
> 
> Having easy access to parts is great, but along with that, what will
> the Vanagon used parts future will be like? Should I keep and "carry"
> all this stuff assuming I "stay" in Vanagons?
> 
> Musing the future,
> 
> Neil.
> 
> --
> Neil n
> 
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> 
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