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beetlemania:
i recently responded to a "Free VW Van" ad on UsedVic, thinking it was a fake ad....turned out it wasnt :o
i sent an  email as soon as i saw the ad...then thought, no i'd better just head over there and see if its for-real.
did a drive by and saw the bus...then just took my chances and went and knocked.i'm glad i did...he hadnt even started responding to emails yet(he said later on that he got more than 100 emails in the first hour alone).
so he answered the door and next thing i knew he was out telling me about everything that needing fixing and handed me the keys.i was kinda in shock and bewildered at the same time...oh yeah and kinda excited....all i could say was "wow"...then..."wow, this is so cool man"...(but on the insided i was kinda freakin out lol) he just wanted to move on from the bus, he told me his dad had bought it for him when he was younger and he and his wife did alot of travelling in it all over north america.
 i found a travell log with fuel stops,how much they bought and where they stopped, with reciepts...pretty cool stuff. anyway, the westy is sooo solid, its in better shape than my hightop, it only needs front seat mounts (or just different seats than stock) and a brake job all around and it came with a 1.8L that needs rebuilding.has a full interrior and some extras....the poptop canvas is in good shape, just alittle mildewy from being stored in a barn for so many years (he said the PO that his dad had bought it off, stored it in his barn since new)
 at first i told him i was working on my hightop and i needed a parts bus, then after having a closer look decided against parting it out and now plan on getting it back on the road instead.
my hightop is so close to being back on the road now, i cant wait to start in on this one...

bwaz:
Nice score!

BUSDADDY:
You just can't beat free, nice score!

beetlemania:
thanks, it still hasnt totally sunk in, even when he was signing it over at the insurance place..i was looking for hidden cameras lol.

finkmobile:
Wow, just saw this thread. Wicked! Any updates?

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