L300 Towing a Vanagon Westy

[Rattlenbang]

Has anyone tried this? The Uhaul website say that with their tow dolly the towing vehicle must be 750 lbs more than the towed vehicle, which is the case. I might not need it because I'm picking up a project westy that is running but don't know for how long. I would rent a dolly "just in case". Recipe for disaster? It's about a 4 hour trip.

[bosc]

Should be fine, if not entirely to spec.

[bosc]

But,
Go slow downhill.

[eastywesty]

What year is the westy? Aircooled? Can you post pictures? I am kind of addicted to flat nosed vans.

[Rattlenbang]

It's an '86, vanagon type. I like the breadloaf ones, but their all either crusty or have been decrusted in varying degrees. Major, major work. And most replacement parts are either China, Brazil, and Mexico, and the quality can be abysmal.

[eastywesty]

I have an 82 vanagon last year of the aircooled. Someday I am going to fix it up real nice I hope. Have you ever seen this site:

http://www.gowesty.com/

They have a lot of parts and such, and are located in California, i have never ordered anything from them but I have been considering it for sometime, especially when it comes to the finer details like trim and stuff. They also have kits for fixing various things.

They also have a very interesting vehicles for sale section where they fix old vanagons up with better than stock parts and sell them for crazy prices. There is a syncro on there for 70000 right now. Anyway just figured I'd pass it along in case you had never heard of them.

[Rattlenbang]

Thanks for this, but I've restored several Westys in the past and have lots of sources. Gowesty is good for obscure interior trim and camper parts but their prices are high and shipping takes a long time. CiP in Langely provides most of what I need, followed by the Bus depot, who have more water-cooled stuff. CiP is mostly air-cooled, but since the first versions of the vanagon were air cooled, they carry most chassis components. I love the air cooled vanagons, but they are far less popular because people want to drive faster.