I will say that the addition (or option) of power steering is pretty boss.

Granted, my '81 is a bit of a rough driving experience (mostly due to
wind, road noise) but when I bought my '88 Westy, in spite of what may
be soft or worn shocks, it was
night and day difference in the driving experience.

Driving it made me feel like a respectable "grown up". I felt the need
to get a pipe
and tweed jacket.      ;)

Not sure how much weight the PS pump, lines, larger (?) rack add though.
And isn't the U joint at steering column NLA? Or is Terry K still
rebuilding those?

Anyhow..... thread digression over.

Neil.

On 9/27/14, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've owned an '80 AC camper, '82 Diesel camper, an '88 GL (w/all power
> options) and an '89 Bluestar (w/all power options); the comparisons hands
> down favor the '86 and up models, with a strong bias towards '89 and newer
> versions.  Better brakes, bigger engines, power steering, power options,
> more modern interiors...in other words, it's entirely subjective, but
> naturally my opinion trumps all others
>
>

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