1986 Volkswagen Bus/Vanagon

Vanagon GL Minivan/Van

4 - Cyl.

Manual

wv2zb0253gh009198

Gasoline

1986 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Westfalia Camper **NO RESERVE** Another great find by www.SaveTheLandCruisers.com (Please open using explorer) This is not your typical unit being offered by SaveTheLandcruisers.com. We scour the country looking for Landcruisers and then we found the mystery machine!! We found this cool little Vanagon in Las Vegas, NV, once we saw it, we knew we had to find it a good home, so we adopted it!! This Vanagon was at an insurance salvage auction (so it has a salvage title) and is one of the nicest Westfalia's you will find still on the road in N. America. I have personally driven this van about 200 miles and it runs perfect. It does not leak any oil, the only thing I have noticed is that it will leak a little coolant around the input hose when the engine has been running for 10+ minutes. Outside of this I have had absolutely no problems. It is a blast to drive ( a little wierd being on top of the front tires) and gets looks and thumbs up everywhere I go in it. I have spent countless hours on GoWesty.com (the premier vanagon site in the US) learning about this vehicle. It is fascinating the following that Volkswagen has created with these Vanagons. These folks are about as obsessed and wierd as the Landcruiser Clan!!! :) Well here is what GoWesty.com says about the 86 model: 1986-1991: These are the best of the Vanagons. They are easily identified by their rectangular (instead of round) headlights. The ‘86 and ‘87s had smaller thin steel "bumpers," and the ‘88-‘91s had larger fiberglass "bumpers" and an added ventilation duct at the rear of each of the rear side windows. I put "bumpers" in quotations because neither the original thin steel or plastic "bumpers" were much of a bumper. They were more of a "might as well not have any bumper" kind of bumper. Many people think that these Vanagons were better because of the increase in displacement from 1900cc to 2100cc, but in fact this was the least important change. Indeed, the two engines are essentially identical in construction and design, with the exception of a longer throw crankshaft (74mm instead of 69mm, increasing displacement from 1915cc to 2110cc), and an improved #1 main bearing design. The more important changes were: improved exhaust, ignition, fuel injection (Digifant), brakes, and (most importantly) COOLING systems. The cooling system was COMPLETELY re-worked for 1986 and stayed basically unchanged through the end of 1991 production. The new cooling system had fewer parts, was much better at keeping air out, and was an easier system to maintain. Furthermore, the newer engine block with the better #1 main bearing design was also slightly bigger inside, enabling the displacement to be increased above 2300cc. As a rule of thumb, I tell folks to stay away from Vanagons with round headlights. The price difference between a clean 1985 camper and a 1986 camper is small compared to the difference in value; the later is a much better vehicle indeed, and worth the extra money they command. Nice, un-restored ‘86-‘87 pop-top Vanagons run about $6-8k, ‘88-‘89s run about $7-9k, and ‘90-‘91s run about $8-12k. Exceptional examples can easily fetch double those figures. Source: http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=54 Features: Swivel front buck seats Westfalia camper edition (sleeps 4) with the pop top luggage storage with tie down straps Full Kitchenette with Sink, 2 burners, refrigerator (No propane tank on vehicle) Full camp hook ups that allows 110v in vehicle with 2 plugs Newly rebuilt engine (water cooled) with around 30k miles (according to the previous owner's mechanic who we spoke with) A/C (not hooked up, not sure why but seems to be a popular thing to do with these vanagon's according to gowesty.com and thesamba.com ) Am/fm cassette stereo rear heater 4 speed manual transmission See YOUTUBE video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJMWj_LAlo Like all of our previous auctions, this is a NO RESERVE auction with a more a lower than market value starting bid. If you are interested in adopting this vehicle and have some questions please feel free to call us at 504 319 2533 we would be glad to answer your questions and assist you with shipping!!