1990 VW Vanagon Westy

dhett22

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For sale is my 1990 vw vanagon westy multivan conversion. Price is BEST OFFER! I have a lot of money into this van but I'm open to all offers!
I have owned this van for a few years and have installed a custom interior and replaced a lot of engine parts to make it reliable. It has 178,000 miles on it and will go up as I drive it daily. It gets 19mpg in the city and ive gotten up to 24 mpg cruising long distance at about 65mph. I had the motor taken out and completely gone through 2,000 miles ago before a trip to Canada. I will attach a picture of the repair receipt and call me for any questions on the rebuild. Starts, runs, shifts great, no issues at all. The van had never seen a Michigan winter. The van spent the past 20+ years in Florida and Louisiana where I lived previous to moving to Michigan this year. I have a lot of pictures of the van that I can text or email. The van has a westfalia pop top with thule locking bars, 5 gallon had tank attached to luggage rack(fits perfect) 8 gallon pressurized solar shower, renergy solar panel, sunforce digital solar charge converter, Vmax solar battery, 1,000 watt power converter, flush mount sink with lid, 2 burner propane Stove, truckfridge with freezer ( amazing fridge, keeps things ice cold for ever with the solar panel, will last 2 days without sunlight), cabinets with lots of storage space, swivel passenger seat, pioneer cd player, pioneer speakers, laminate wood floor, I have a power strip wired into the van with a 110 plug in outside to hookup to any power source. Onto the motor. I took the van on 7,000 mile road trip 2 years ago and replaced the alternator, belts, water pump, before the trip. Inner and outer tie rods during the trip. With the past 2,000 miles I put new water jacket seals and a tune up and brought the van to the shop with a intermittent starting issue. At that point the pulled the motor and tightened a loose flywheel I told them to fix anything that needs to be replaced. (Sheet attached) Some not to cool things abiut the van. the rear hatch has a dent from a tree limb, I popped it out but it's still noticeable, didn't effect the seal at all just the looks. Drivers window is stuck up, I think I need a new relay. A/C compressor is removed (it was blowing air but not cold air) Original paint, i like it but it's faded and has rock chips. Other than that it's a sweet van that I would love to keep but i need to invest my money in my business. I'm sure I'm fogreting a lot of things but the van is Solid and drive it daily with no issues. Thanks for looking!
Pics @
https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/6294392727.html

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2088618
 

mtnbike28

Expedition Leader
I think it seems like what the market is - just a saturated market right now. Wish I had teh money, great looking van! GLWS
 

destructomatt

Adventurer
As a Westy owner myself and somebody who knows the market well. This has a couple things going against it:

1. It's located in ground zero for rust. I would do my best in the ad to be as transparent as possible with what a potential owner might be dealing with.
2. Not many folks looking for these with the waterboxers anymore. At least not at +15000. If you had a new GoWesty build in there maybe, but people that have done their research know the pitfalls of these engines
 

Johnrunberg

Adventurer
FWIW, the more pics and more information the better. Vannies are HOT but there's more and more knowledge out there about what to look for. Rigs that have had a lot of repair, especially on the road, read like problem children but that's not always the case. BTW the power windows don't have a relay if I remember correctly so it's most likely a bad motor and the regulator probably needs a little love (but not much if the guides are intact).


We've three Vannies – a 91 project Multivan, a 90 Carat and a 83.5 Westy and love 'em to death. That are, as they say, project vehicles if you're not careful so I'd put it out there to be as up-front as possible to what's what. Good luck with it!
 

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