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dabble Samba Member
Joined: April 21, 2004 Posts: 271 Location: Olympia, Wa
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STUNNED MULLET Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2013 Posts: 154 Location: Fresno, CA
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:39 am Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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4500 smackatellis... |
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Wasted youth Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 5134 Location: California's Hot and Smoggy Central Valley
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STUNNED MULLET Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2013 Posts: 154 Location: Fresno, CA
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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wasted youth... THANK YOU.... |
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Pinetops Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2007 Posts: 2987
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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Yes, I think we can move on from that now.
I would be very happy to have an early bay westy this solid. I am looking forward to your progress on this one. _________________ "A rolling bus gathers no rust." |
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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That's a great bus by New England standards! _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
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STUNNED MULLET Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2013 Posts: 154 Location: Fresno, CA
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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hi all!! this is going to sound completely crazy... but looking through some ads on craigslist for possible engines and parts for the westy.. I came across this ad from a guy selling his 1978 vw bus for 1500 bucks or best offer he said.. so I gave him a ring, and just by chance he still had it. he lives in Nevada, so its registered in Nevada, and I told him that I would check around and see how much it would be to ship. found a company that would do it for 500 bucks to get it to my door. called the guy back and he said, ok.. ill do 1000 on the bus and you can use the 500 for the shipping. runs excellent, new tires, new brakes, but has a little rust from being in the snow.. so guess what? I bought the damn thing!! gets delivered around 6pm my time... so now I guess I have bus to play in and a bus to fix up and camp in!!
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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Some rust, but I think you did pretty good if it's a driving Bus! _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
de K1IGS |
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STUNNED MULLET Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2013 Posts: 154 Location: Fresno, CA
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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its a walkthrough. completely empty in the back (besides headliner), has rust on both rear fenders, and both bottom edges in the middle of the bus, but he said it runs excellent, and that he just drove it from Nevada to san diego and back and it ran like a champ! he even has all of the service records from the original owner from 1978. I don't know if its original paint or not, but I LOVE the color! |
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ac78 Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2008 Posts: 330 Location: Nashville
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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2nd bus looks like a very good deal to me! Nice score! _________________ 78 Westy 2.0l hydr. FI
VW Campmobile
For people who believe a family's
car should be it's castle ! |
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Wasted youth Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 5134 Location: California's Hot and Smoggy Central Valley
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 4:36 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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Be careful! Driveways only have so much room!
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SamboSamba22 Samba Member
Joined: August 06, 2015 Posts: 2772 Location: Benton, Arkansas
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STUNNED MULLET Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2013 Posts: 154 Location: Fresno, CA
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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Ha ha ha... sambo.. you have me beat by 2!!! LOVE LOVE the trucks... nice!!! |
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Pinetops Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2007 Posts: 2987
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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Wow, that looks like a great buy! Congrats _________________ "A rolling bus gathers no rust." |
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6980 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:36 am Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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If you pull out of the other deal you'll have $3K to fix it up with...
A driving and stopping bus for $1000 is a good deal. I'm pretty sure mutiple people told you $4500 for the Westy was not such a good deal. Glad to see it finally sunk in. Best of luck with the new bus! _________________ __________
’71 Westy build
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STUNNED MULLET Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2013 Posts: 154 Location: Fresno, CA
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:30 am Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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richparker.. you are probably the best voice of reason on this, but for some reason I want to still hold and pick up this 69 westy. I just got the 78 last night, and I bought it sight unseen... it definitely has a bit of rust... but it started right up and I drove it around and it ran great.. stopped great, and the mechanicals seemed to be in good order. my problem now is that it came from a smog exempt state into my crazy California emissions state, and I need to get a catalytic converter put on. the bus came with a brand new empi muffler still in the box, but need to find a good converter to get here smog legal. I am also looking for someone in my area to do a full tuneup on her for the smog as well. then I can register her and have fun with her while fixing all the rust... that's my plan anyways... LOL |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7624
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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Fuel injection or carb? _________________ Keep on Busin'
67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22641 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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Already your average Bus price is down to $3000...
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the bus came with a brand new empi muffler still in the box, |
GREAT SCORE! You got a free box, and the scrap metal value of the EMPI muffler lowers your price even more!!
_________________ .ssS! |
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6980 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: bought me a westy!! |
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Abscate wrote: |
GREAT SCORE! You got a free box, and the scrap metal value of the EMPI muffler lowers your price even more!!
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Hard to say. I remember recently reading a thread where a EMPI was put on a real Raby camper special and it was prefered over a VS because it was quieter. _________________ __________
’71 Westy build
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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