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As some of you may know, earlier this year my '89 Westy was crushed by a
falling 60 foot tree. Shortly thereafter, I purchased a '95 Eurovan Camper
(Winnebago) from the original owners, an elderly couple who had it
exclusively dealer serviced since new. I keep my VW campers a long time (I
had my last one for 12 years, and would still have it if the tree didn't
crush it), so I chose this camper carefully. It was well taken care of and
babied all its life. The elderly couple that owned it thought of it as
family, so much so that they asked if I'd mind if they called me once or
twice down the road to see how I was enjoying it.

Things changed unexpectedly just recently, when I stumbled on a rare find -
a "time machine" '87 Vanagon camper with 40k original miles. Knowing that I
may never find an old Vanagon Westy in that condition again (especially here
on the east coast), I bit the bullet and bought it. So now I need to sell
the '95 EVC that was intended to be my long-term camper, having put only a
few hundred miles on it since I bought it (most of it driving it home from
Maryland).

The price is $18,500, and well worth it. It has every repair record since
day one (from the VW dealership, using dealer parts) and is in exceptional
mechanical condition. It has 89k mostly-highway miles, a 5 speed manual
trans (no auto transmission failures to worry about!), and the rare optional
center bench seat. Its only flaws are minor - a small crack in the rear
bumper (estimated $150 to fix), a weak auxilliary camping battery, and the
heater blower fan is a bit noisy at low-speed. It also has a brand new
timing belt, pulley, and water pump, which I had replaced preventively
because I was planning to take it on long camping trips this summer.

I'm located in Pennsylvania, roughly between Philadelphia, Allentown, and
Reading. Email me at ron (at) busdepot (dot-com) if you'd like more
info or pics.

- Ron Salmon

Was that your tree-crushed Vanagon thread on the Samba site a while
ago?

-- In ev_update@..., "The Bus Depot" <ron@...> wrote:

As some of you may know, earlier this year my '89 Westy was crushed

by a

falling 60 foot tree. Shortly thereafter, I purchased a '95

Eurovan Camper

(Winnebago) from the original owners, an elderly couple who had it
exclusively dealer serviced since new. I keep my VW campers a

long time (I

had my last one for 12 years, and would still have it if the tree

didn't

crush it), so I chose this camper carefully. It was well taken

care of and

babied all its life. The elderly couple that owned it thought of it

as

family, so much so that they asked if I'd mind if they called me

once or

twice down the road to see how I was enjoying it.

Things changed unexpectedly just recently, when I stumbled on a

rare find -

a "time machine" '87 Vanagon camper with 40k original miles.

Knowing that I

may never find an old Vanagon Westy in that condition again

(especially here

on the east coast), I bit the bullet and bought it. So now I need

to sell

the '95 EVC that was intended to be my long-term camper, having put

only a

few hundred miles on it since I bought it (most of it driving it

home from

Maryland).

The price is $18,500, and well worth it. It has every repair

record since

day one (from the VW dealership, using dealer parts) and is in

exceptional

mechanical condition. It has 89k mostly-highway miles, a 5 speed

manual

trans (no auto transmission failures to worry about!), and the rare

optional

center bench seat. Its only flaws are minor - a small crack in the

rear

bumper (estimated $150 to fix), a weak auxilliary camping battery,

and the

heater blower fan is a bit noisy at low-speed. It also has a brand

new

timing belt, pulley, and water pump, which I had replaced

preventively

because I was planning to take it on long camping trips this

summer.

I'm located in Pennsylvania, roughly between Philadelphia,

Allentown, and

Reading. Email me at ron (at) busdepot (dot-com) if you'd

like more

info or pics.

- Ron Salmon

In ev_update@..., "The Bus Depot" <ron@...> wrote:

As some of you may know, earlier this year my '89 Westy was
crushed by a falling 60 foot tree. Shortly thereafter, I purchased a

> '95 Eurovan Camper (Winnebago) from the original owners, an

elderly couple who had it exclusively dealer serviced since new.
I keep my VW campers a long time so I chose this camper carefully ...
Things changed unexpectedly just recently, when I stumbled on a
rare find - a "time capsule" '87 Vanagon camper with 40k original
miles. Knowing that I may never find an old Vanagon Westy in that
condition again, I bit the bullet and bought it. So now I need
to sell the '95 EVC that was intended to be my long-term camper,
having put only a few hundred miles on it since I bought it.

Was that your tree-crushed Vanagon thread on the Samba site a
while ago?

Yes, that was the one. In fact I plan to pull the remaining bits off of it
this week and send it to the crusher by month's end. (It will be hard to
see it go. Many fond memories in that camper; my 10 year old daughter
spent every summer of her life camping in it, starting at 1 month old.) For
those who want to see the gory pics of how a VW camper fares against a 60
foot tree, go to:



- Ron Salmon
The Bus Depot, Inc.
www.busdepot.com
(215) 234-VWVW

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Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

At least it seems to have mostly missed the house. But, d*mn! Most
anybody can make a house!

Ow!

Paul in Pittsfield