just think how the manual trans will save you on gas costs.
and the payback on that,   for your investment will only take a few years .

plus if the color makes you happy..
that's priceless !

that and an 87 is quite a step up from an 84.
87 is the first year ( I think it's an 87 ) that VW finished making all
the upgrades and changes to their vanagons on.
there are a 'few' more things added after 87 ..
but mostly..
all the important factory upgrades are done by 87..
the better fuse box and electrical system ,
better sliding door, bigger engine..
better parking brake ..
lots of good things ...all in 'basic' equipment upgrades.

you would have to lay out a chunk of cash though at first though, and
Your current Westy is sellable and could bring something around 5, 6K
.even a little more , marketed correctly.

heck .some people would ask $ 12,500 for your 84 with AT !
the color ..
if that color is really what it looks like..
and it just 'makes you feel good' ..that's worth a lot.

scott

On 3/10/2014 7:28 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> "as scott says - looks like a time for an upgrade :)"
>
> I wish.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 03/09/2014 11:54 PM, Roger Whittaker wrote:
>> dear potential new owner
>>
>> i had a 89 California westfalia -
>> it had FROM THE FACTORY an almost identical rino treatment underneath
>> and running all around the lower portions - what was slightly different
>> about my now gone California is the finnish coat was painted over the
>> rock guard - this looks like a very well done rock guard & paint job  at
>> least by pictures - someone who looks first hand (with magnet in hand
>> and a soft cloth to prevent magnet from touching paint - ) will be able
>> to quickly tell the story -
>> as scott says - looks like a time for an upgrade :) - wish i were able $
>> to at least kick tires and more
>> regards
>> regards
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Not mine. Some guy around here, probably.
>>
>>     <http://bend.craigslist.org/__cto/4367462435.html
>>     <http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/4367462435.html>>
>>
>>     --
>>     Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>     1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>     Bend, Ore.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> roger whittaker 604.414.6266
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