Hi folks,

        As I’d love another van to work on or if beyond saving take apart, I gave this one a call and hoped to visit it this weekend.

        After talking with the owners I decided to pass.  I think Carl guessed this one right. Serious rust , blown engine , leaky sky light, dead power steering, sitting now for 4 years.  Realistically a parts van at this point as rust is very hard to keep away once it has taken hold. 
        they think it is a steel at $3,500. Perhaps it is but I’m waiting for another opportunity.  
        And, it may sound silly but the interaction just didn’t feel good.  I know it probably sounds silly but I’m just a VW camper fan I’m not running a business.  I’ve always had enjoyable interactions purchasing my VW busses.  So I didn’t want to pick one up that just didn’t ring right for me. I didn’t even ask if they would negotiate the price.

I hope I’m wrong and it can reasonably be saved.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto Westfalia 
Looking for a VW friend!

> On Sep 29, 2016, at 2:38 AM, Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM> wrote:
> 
> Sitting around where it has, it will look just the 1990 Multivan I recently
> bought from Minnesota. 'California van never driven in winter'. Yah, right.
> EVERYTHING under the van is crusty. Brake cables so rusty they snapped, PS
> lines almost gone, every brake line gone, shock bolts rusted in place.
> Exhaust goes w/o saying. The body might look ok (nice, in the case of mine)
> but at least get some photos of the underside before you buy that van. I
> personally wouldn't ever buy another crusty one like that.
> Karl