1988 Volkswagen Bus/Vanagon

westfalia weekender

EJ22

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This is a 1988 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia Wolfsburg. Some people also call it a Weekender. It has the camper top and the canvas is in decent shape. No holes or tears. It has a 2.2 Subaru Motor in it. The model motor is a EJ22 and has about 55,000 miles on it. The transmission is still the Volkswagen Transmission with no mods. The interior is in great shape. The exterior is good with no rust on the frame and barely any at all on the body. There's a couple of dents, and scratches, but overall it's in good shape. The body has over 300k on it. I included a pic of the gauge (which still works!). I bought the car a year ago to work on and take fishing. It's totally solid. Starts up every time. I drove the car home from Maine, when I bought it. About 500 miles. The motor has some pickup too. If you've ever driven a Vanagon with the 1.9 or the 2.1, you know that it's a pain to merge onto the highway. Or you need to shoot up a prayer to the road trip gods, when you're climbing a steep hill. Not with the Subaru motor though. Climbs any hill you throw at it and merges like a modern vehicle. It's basically a completely different car with this motor. If you've priced out a Subaru conversion, you know they're ridiculously expensive. More than the car is worth, when it's done. I did a full fuel hose replacement the second I got the car home. I also did a reseal of the gas tank. So you're good on fuel for a few years, for sure. Search google if you don't know why I did this right away. If you're looking for a Vanagon, and you don't know when the hose replacement and tank reseal, was done last, just add $500 to the price. It's an important fix/prevention. There's only 2 issues with the car. One is there's no radio, because I never got to replacing it. I was always driving local, so it didn't matter too much. But there's speakers in the doors, and if the price gets high enough, maybe I'll pick one up, and put it in. Contact me about that, if you want. Two is the temp gauge. The motor is perfect, and I've checked the temp many times, but some times the gauge just doesn't register anything. It's either a faulty temp sensor, or gauge. Or I guess a bad wire connecting the 2. Those are really the only parts involved. Truthfully the car is darn good. It's super fun to drive (mainly because of the motor). I wouldn't be nervous about a few hundred mile trip. Like I said, I drove it 500 miles home, only a few thousand miles ago. So it's definitely highway worthy. I'm only getting rid of it because I'm considering buying a house, and I'd like to get all my funds in order. I have a few extra parts I'll throw in like 4 Jetta black 15" steel rims. I planned on drilling them out, and getting some tires. I also have 2 Rotor/Hubs that I planned on milling down to do a disc brake upgrade. I think I may also have 4 rain gutter attachments for a roof rack. If you don't know what this is, it's a bracket that you install into the top, that mimics a rain gutter, so you can get a rain gutter roof rack, and put it on the Westfalia top. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me. Thanks and good luck.