To anyone interested, I put up a web page with pictures at:

http://moorelab.com/vw/83vgon.htm

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> From: Tony Moore <tony@moorelab.com>
> To: Vanagon Email List <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: FS - '83.5 Weekender GL
> Date: Thursday, January 16, 1997 3:41 PM
> 
> Some good news, some bad news.
> 
> Brought home an '86 Weekender GL on Tuesday. It has power steering and an
> auto tranny, making it much easier for my wife to drive. Good news.  That
> leaves no more room for my trust daily driver, a '83.5 Weekender GL. I
> tried to keep 'em both, but along with the '60 Westy and '68 Beetle
> Convertible, no go :-(   Bad News.  So here's the dirt:
> 
> 1983.5 Vanagon Weekender GL - For Sale
> -$3,300 obo
> -116,000 miles
> -looks great, runs great
> -1.9L, new head gaskets and no. 3 cylinder replaced in the Spring of '96
> -4 spd manual tranny, all is fine but it does "buck" very slightly (per
> recent string) when worked very hard, ie an hour or so in start and stop
> traffic, just replaced the clutch slave cylinder.
> -A/C, works great, just charged over Summer of '96
> -new metallic bronze/brown paint (non-vw color done by PO) in February of
> '96, no rust, only body work done is a small spot behind the sliding
door,
> looks like a short pole was swiped. This was BEFORE the paint job.
> -weekender interior with rear cushion installed from an '86 (all seats,
> panels, etc.), folding rear seat/bed, split folding middle seat.
> -kenwood am/fm cassette with kenwood speakers installed behind original
> factory grill covers, could use a new antennae though, I think I tore the
> cable during install and reception isn't great but the stereo sounds
good.
> -receiver type hitch rated at 3500 lbs( welded onto frame, not on the tow
> hooks), I'd like to see someone even TRY and tow that amount!
> -it still has the rear aux. heater and was working until this morning. I
> just discovered the valve is very slowly leaking, but I'm going to try
and
> fix it before the sale.
> 
> This van is very clean and runs great. My wife and I have driven it
> everywhere including > 15 hours in one day with no problems. I've done my
> very best to maintain it (with lots of help from the list!) and it's been
> shown a lot of love. The ONLY reason I'm selling it is because of the
'new'
> '86. My wife is a teacher and has to haul around students frequently,
she's
> simply too small to drive/park the '83 comfortably. I wish I had the
> space/time/$$ to keep it but I don't :-(
> 
> Well, that's it! Now I have to post about repairs needed on the '86, here
> we go again!
> 
> tony
>