On 11/27/2014 11:13 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> Fun Bus turned 281K last week. Most likely it will be driven again from New York to Florida in December.
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> Dennis
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> -----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
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> On 11/26/2014 06:20 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
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> "The WBX is the final generation in the evolution of a 65 year old design. Prepare to move on, sooner or later."
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> 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.
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> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
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> 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.
something to be thankful for Dennis!!!  And Happy Thanksgiving to all on
the list!!

DM&FS