Fun Bus turned 281K last week. Most likely it will be driven again from New York to Florida in December. 

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 11:05 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Considering an engine swap for the past decade, but WBX just keeps going

On 11/26/2014 06:20 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

"The WBX is the final generation in the evolution of a 65 year old design. Prepare to move on, sooner or later."

The WBX in our '84 has 95,000 miles on the clock. Its 64 year-old driver puts fewer than 2,000 miles on it per year. One of us is going to move on, sooner or later, and at this point I'm giving 50-50 odds.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 11/26/2014 06:20 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> I agree that as it came out of the factory it was a well-made engine 
> that could run a long time, and I ran my original '84's 1.9 250,000 
> with one head reseal done under partial warranty at 40k.