In a message dated 99-09-08 11:47:29 EDT, you write:

<< Why are all the good deals on the East Coast? >>

Excuse me? Good deals on the East Coast? Where? What you find here mostly is
rusted junk, or heavily bondo'd rusted junk. There are exceptions, of
course.(Like the one Ron posted this morning)  For Vanagons you might do OK,
Bays are very tough to find in decent shape, and you can forget about a split
window- if there are any around, they are sitting in garages. Arizona and So.
Cal. are they places I've always seen the good deals.   Jeff S.