My best East Bay Area to the Marin side vanagon purchase was an 85 ..
for 200 bucks, with a good used auto trans.
  The guy delivered  it by tow truck to my shop in Sausalito ..
I never even saw him ...the van just 'showed up.'

Then I got more for my dead auto trans core in my Wolfsburg 84 Westy
than I paid for that 85.
I still have the 85 too. Gonna be my next 'runner' vanagon. Zero rust as
it lived in the desert somewhere, only one small dent.
I save 'em if they're
any good at all...water-cooled, and after 82, no rust, and most of mine
have almost no dents.

I'm resurecting an 84 tintop in case anyone is interested in a rust-free
low cost one of those. Location Southern Oregon.

Hope your give-away event went smashingly !
Scott
On 11/17/2013 11:54 PM, Ben wrote:
> Suck it up. When I bought this van, the guy gave me 1 hour to fetch at 5pm on a Friday across the SF Bay in the worst part of East Oakland. I fought the traffic for 1 hour and 40 minutes to drive the 13 miles. I paid the man in cash and said thank you very much for the opportunity. The price was right.
>
> What is it they say?
>
> "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
>
> Something like that. And Scott, are definitely feeling around the horse's back side right now. Be careful because I heard those pretty ponies can have a mean kick. Merry Christmas.;-)
>
>
> BenT A Klaus
> sent from my sleigh
>
>> On Nov 17, 2013, at 10:19 PM, Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>>
>> A 'little inconvenience' ...........like very short notice ?   lol.
>> The price is right though.
>> Scott
>> Prisoner # 4725