1982 Vw Vanagon Diesel Westfalia Low Miles on 2040-cars
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
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Yep..10,000 miles. The vehicle was stored outside for over 10 years. The owner broke a fan belt, overheated it, pulled the head and gave up. After a year of chasing around I found him and made the deal. WHY I did this is beyond me because A: I already have a vanagon camper and B: this is a DIESEL. OK, yes, I've owned them and loved them but they are SLOW. Like eye-watering SLOW. Frankly if you have to ask HOW SLOW IS IT? you'd do better to keep right on looking because these are what they are and what they are is SLOW. Basically pushing two tons of barn with a 1.6 liter 48 HP diesel. Uh-huh.....It likes 45..it will NORMALLY run 55 if there's no hill/head wind..(and for a diesel vanagon a hill is ANY kind of a rise.) top speed JUST around 72 with a tail wind With that said, the engine has now been rebuilt with .040 over turbo pistons and a new German cylinder head. It runs great. The 4 speed transmission, as would be expected, shifts fine. It is the tightest and smoothest riding Vanagon I've been in since these were new. Exterior has some dents and some scratches. The worst is the center of the sliding door. Most of the paint is great with nothing like the major rock chips and such that these collect as the miles climb. No seam rust and really, no rot or anything like that. Interior. Wow.. The original owner put on the old-man plastic seat covers and I've left them on. I don't think the seat cloth was ever sat upon. The rear seats are likewise very clean. The carpet is clean and most of it appears to really never have been dirty. The stove and fridge do not appear to ever have been used. All the galvanized metal parts like the table legs and pop-top lift arms are SHINY. Much of the shelf-wrap wall paper stuff has become wrinkled due to the summer heat with the section over the cab having come unglued to the point that I pulled it off and painted the roof panel to match. To make it safe to drive I installed the correct 6-ply tires, installed rebuilt calipers and all new brake hoses and so on. The original radio did not work so I have a CD unit to go in but all the modern stuff requires a small amount of work on the opening to do that and I just can't bring myself to be bending anything on this. Pop-top works well and the original canvas, with minor discoloring, is fine. Actually it's so tight that you have to give the crossbar a real shove to get the final inch or so. These were rated at 29 mpg and some people report both more and less than that. I've put less than tank full of time on the new engine so I really don't have a figure on it yet. The van is a USED vehicle and really, I haven't puffed it out or really done much of anything other than the mechanics to make it drive well. Are there imperfections? YES! It's a 32 year old car! Hey, go take a good look in the mirror...Waddaya see? Perfect? RIGHT...
So, I'd like the buyer to be HAPPY and the person who knows what a diesel vanagon is all about and sees this and goes, OH WOW! about the mileage and condition is the kinda person who NEEDS this. If I need to explain why you want a vanagon, or a diesel version or the camper version or any of that? We're off to a bad start. Yes, people do put other engines in them. TDi's and gas engines and so on. I know that the 1st thing I'd do it to re-gear with with the gas-engine transmission which makes them a lot more drivable. My local scrap yard has one BUT this thing is SO ORIGINAL that I left all that stuff alone. What the new owner does is up to them. Then comes the question that says CAN I DRIVE IT TO -blank-. and the answer is "I don't know". Yes, I've hopped in it and driven it the 40 miles to work and the 40 miles back and expected it to do that and it did so with no theatrics and so on. I drove it a couple of hundred miles to EVERYBUS a few weeks ago. Problem? none. That's not to say that something MIGHT be a problem for you as you're blasting along to Austin Texas. It is a 32 year old car. So would I drive it to -blank-? Yes..Yes, I would, but saying that is no guarantee that you can. I don't know any reason to suspect you can't..BUT........Are we on the same page with that? I hope so! So..I don't NEED the thing but I do own it outright and I have room for it and it IS cool. I also know I'll NEVER find one in this kind of condition ever again. If you have the interest and you have the money, you need this van. And with that said...VW vans appeal to a lot of different type of people. New age, no age and under-age persons. So..All I ask is that you have your finances in place BEFORE you bid. If you're planning on selling your stash to get this? do it NOW. If you have to go to the bank of mom? Make sure your room is clean and get her OK before you push the BID button. It isn't a lot of fun and costs me money when moments after the auction ends the high bidder sends an email with "Oh DUDE! like I didn't know it would sell for that!.." Yeah..it's happened... If you CAN get here to see it and drive is that's GREAT. Located in Eastern NC with easy access to I-95 and I-64. It is sold AS IS and WHERE IS. If, once you bid and pay for this, it explodes in a ball of flame and shrapnel at the end of the drive? My responsibility ends at calling 911. I need a $500 NON-REFUNDABLE deposit within 3 days of the auction end. Paypal works great for that. The remainder due, in cash, at pick up which needs to be within 10 days of the auction end. Serious buyers can do this. People who can't do this are known as deadbeats and will be reported as such. Now, once the car is paid for in full, it CAN sit here, at the owner's risk, for a reasonable amount of time. I can also entertain picking someone up at the airport (RDU). If you are interested in those options, contact me BEFORE bidding. ..Did I mention this is a diesel???? OK..good... Far out... |
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