Perhaps the most curious part is the snow tires on it - I know he writes that they are 'General Grabbers' but they have holes for ice studs in them, so they're winter tires!

James
Ottawa, ON
'91 Weekender

(which just did 3300 km to NS and back in 9 days, running like a top, no troubles, no hesitations, cruising comfortably at 110 km/h in NB - thank you to Frank Condelli for the great maintenance!)

> Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 22:39:39 -0700
> From: dn92610@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Craigslist post
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> I agree with Don....
> 
> a would be syncro or as they call it a pre-runner...
> 
> too much weight for a poor old 2.1 WBX...
> 
> oohh man...
> 
> :-)
> 
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > That fellow is pretty proud of his van...but it is still a close to 30yr
> > old van with 200k+ miles on the rig.  He sure put all the trendy extra crap
> > onto it to make it look like a Syncro...I bet lifted like that with the
> > Westie top and still a 2wd...I bet it is difficult to drive straight in
> > gusty winds and I bet the gas mileage suffers with all the widgets he's got
> > hanging off everywhere...  Amazes me the recent asking prices we're seeing
> > for Westies....
> >
> > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> > camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I found this one to be intresting enough to post.
> > >
> > > <http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/5047157600.html>
> > > --
> > > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > > Bend, Ore.
> > >
> >