At 04:31 PM 10/11/97 -0700, Tom Young wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>Last March I posted about Bud's Bugs, a VW-only wreaking yard in Concord,
>CA, that was having a "$20 Sale."  I offered to find and ship parts while
>the sale was on, and several people got some parts they were needing.
>
>I wandered back into Bud's Bugs today, and they're having their "$20
>Sale" again; their flyer for the sale says "$20 For-Just-About-Anything
>In-The-Yard SALE.  (excludes complete engines, cars and 1985 and newer
>parts.)"
>
>Unlike last time, I'm not going back out that way anytime soon (didn't
>find anything I need) but I was told they have a web site
>(www.budsbugs.com) so you can email them with any requests.  (I was also
>told they will ship smaller parts UPS.)
>
>They didn't seem to have a ton of Bus and Vanagon stuff, but they had
>some, including what looked to be a complete '71 camper with pop-top, so
>you might get lucky.
>
>Usual disclaimers: I have no association, affiliation, relationship,
>kinship, or any other sort of tie-in to Bud's Bugs; I've bought stuff
>there a few times and that's it.  Maybe if you mention my name in your
>emails I can get a parts discount!!! :-)
>
>(I'm guessing that the $20 price is also limited to a "you pull-it"
>situation, but who knows?)
>
>
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>Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
>Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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I've been to Bud's Bugs a number of times, and they are pretty nice. I was
just there two weeks ago and they only had about 4 Vanagons, all
air-cooled. I've never seen a Wasserboxer in their yard.

Worth checking out IMHO.

Todd Last
'88 Westfalia