Well,  I hope you take better care of it than the fellow who inherited the
Westy my son bought.  He was well into destroying it because he didn't know,
or care about, what he had, it was just a junk "hippie" van to him.  He
would have been far better off selling it immediately, but it took a blown
automatic transmission for him to do that.  His father paid for the new one
($3000 for a German Transaxle rebuild installed), and he had to sell it to
pay him back. His loss was our gain.

I know you will do better, so enjoy the ride!

But, replace those fuel lines before you drive it across the country.  This
happens all too often: http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/260842111.html
Often it's a fuel line popping off, or a leaking injector hose. I've had
both happen, but got lucky. Twice.

Stuart; recently approved to join the Vanagon Owners Face Book page!

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Brook Barbour
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 7:56 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Is anybody still on this list?

How bout I pay you $500 to drive it for me and you can save the gum to patch
a fuel line. Really I would prefer to ship it so I can sort it out myself
but my college buddies want to drive it. We all have kids and this will be
our escape module for 7 days! Wish us luck. This could be something like The
Hangover.

Since you know the area can you recommend Freds Garage in Redwood City?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 14, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Ben <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Gee, Brook. I just passed through Palo Alto an hour ago. Want me to take
the Westy away? I mean, it would be a PITA to drive all the way to
Arlington. Besides, it's an old van. You don't want it. I'll give you $500
and a pack of gum and relieve you of this stress. ;-)
>
>
> BenT
> sent from my electronic leash
>
>> On Mar 14, 2015, at 5:46 PM, Brook Barbour <barbourbw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> and his 87 Westy has been sitting in his driveway in Palo Alto for maybe
3 years without regular use.