At 09:13 PM 1/18/02 -0600, you wrote: >Why does everyone want a 78? I am always reading on the list that a 78 is
I'm a longstanding supporter of the '78 as well mostly because my dream westy is a '78 Champagne as I love the color, the one year interior dash, etc. But to be honest nothing at all wrong with '76-'77 as a Westy or any other bus goes. Same bus or westy layout, so you adjust the valves, WTF. All in all anything post '76 is box stock about the same bus. The '78 and '79 passenger come with the sliding windows and get rid of the seat partitions for a bit more open and modern feel to the interior but all in all it doesn't really matter, those years are the peak of air cooled VW transporter technology IMHO, I've liked my Vanagons but they really don't have enough advances to justify the weight and resulting short engine life IMHO. The '79 exhaust stuff isn't yet that hard to get as new Dansk is still available though the square port head cores are just a bit harder to find nice. Crap I wish I'd never raffled off that Champagne. Anyone got a one owner one mint garaged with 78k miles, I'll trade you even for just the body for a same '77 standard, and you can keep your hydraulic lifter engine. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------
