Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia 1987 White Gray Interior Rebuilt Motor & Trans Nice

This is a beautiful 1987 Westfalia Camper, ust look at those pictures. I think this Westfalia is the nicest one on the market regardless of miles. If you have never owned a Vanagon Westfalia you might not know that these have an odometer failure problem that affects 100% of these, ust check with GoWesty, hey have mentioned it in a few articles. Do you really believe that so many of these Westfalias that are 25-30 years old only have 70K, 0K, r even 120K miles, o way. Maybe 1 in a 100, r 2 in a 100 really do have low miles, ut you really can't save miles anyway. Everything breaks down with age too, lastic and rubber age with time, aint breaks down, etal fatigues. 100,000 miles is a lot different on a 5 year old vehicle versus a 30 year old vehicle, ou can't compare the two. When you buy a Vanagon Westfalia forget what the odometer says. I've been fixing up Westfalias for over 25 years and I used to think the odometer problem affected maybe 10% of them. But then after I looked at 50 or so Westfalias for sale and some of the odometers were not working, nd some of the owners told me they had just fixed the odometers, started to think this must affect at least half the Vanagon Westfalias. Well, ow years later after looking at over 300 Westfalias for sale and owning 72 of them, alking to people at GoWesty, ancafe and others in the business, am now convinced this odometer problem affects 100% of Vanagon Westfalias, nd sometimes more than once. After years of looking at so many of these Westfalias for sale, 've figured out a way to tell how many miles are really on them, ot exactly of course, ut close.
Anyway, hat's enough of that, ere is the description.
I've done so much work to this Westfalia it's hard to figure out where to begin.This is my 72nd Westfalia and now as they get older they need so much work to get them looking nice.I have invested over $20,000 and put over 700 hours of my time into this Westfalia. Just for starters it has a rebuilt motor and a rebuilt transmission, nd of course new clutch and everything that goes with it. I put $4500 into the paint work and replaced all the window rubber and installed a new windshield. I had the bumpers rechromed instead of buying new ones, think the chrome is better and they look much nicer. I also installed new bumper ends all the way around. I took the headlights out and cleaned the inside, ee how clean they look. They work so much better after you clean the lens. I refinished both front grills and installed a new VW emblem, hey came out very nice. I replaced the pop top with a new three window canvas, nd while I had the top off I cleaned the inside headliner with soap and bleach three times to remove all the dirt and mold that accumulates over the years, his process takes all week to get done, ut just look at it now, antastic, nd no mold like most of these have. And of course new Westfalia decals at both ends. New tires, rakes and original wheels polished out with the wheel windows painted silver, ust how I like them, nd all the wheel wells have been blacked out. All of the door handles have been redone and new rubber installed. All wipers have been redone and new wiper blades. The hookups, tove vent, ail lights, nd front turn signals have be reworked and I replaced all the screws with stainless steel screws. The front door glass has new rubber all around so the windows are nice and tight and the glass doesn't flop back and forth with that clunking sound like most of these. So much more has been done on the exterior, he paint has been wet sanded with 1500 and then 2000 grit and then polished with Meguiar's Speed Cut 95. Then I buffed it all out with Meguiar's Diamond Cut 85 and then to Meguiar's 66. After that I double sealed the paint with Poly Guard from Pro Products. And then I applied my new favorite final product, atin Creme from Pro Products. This stuff is amazing, he paint feels so soft and smooth and just glistens. I've used 100s of products over the years and this one really stands out. Look at the paint in the pictures, his Westfalia has the best paint job out of any Westfalia on the market, his is show quality. Now on to the interior. I removed all the seats and carpet and detailed out the inside. I cleaned all of the panels, efinished inside of all the cabinets and cleaned out all of the accumulated dirt, um, uckers and crap that builds up over the years. I had the face of the stove sand blasted and refinished and replaced all of the decals. Look at the rear folding seat, ee how clean it is. I removed all of the upholstery from the seats, ear cushions, nd the beds up top and washed them over and over until they were clean inside and out, his took a long time to get done because you have to take out about a thousand staples on the rear folding seat, ut now you can put your face down on the bed and it smells nice and fresh. If you try to clean these cushions in place you are just stirring around 25 years of dirt, offee, nd coke spills, nd they only look half ass clean and the material is stiff and they smell. The upholstery in my Westfalia is soft and smooth and smells fresh. Just look at the pictures of other Westfalias for sale, ee the brown tint and hue on the upholstery, hats built up dirt and filth from 25+ years, nd you can't clean it from the surface. The only way to get the upholstery and cushions truly clean is to disassemble everything and wash it in the washing machine, everal times, nd then rinse out the cushions and reassemble everything. And once again, his takes a lot of time, ut look at the results. The front carpet is new from Sewfine Interior products, still have to glue some of it down and put in the new floor mats. I still have about another 50 hours of work to get done. In the back area I always install commercial grade carpet because of all the traffic it takes. This is top of the line carpet at $50 a Yard, nd can really take a beating. All of the curtains were removed, ashed and replaced and smell great. I did a super duper detailed on the inside which took around 5 days. I cleaned and glued down things that were coming loose, epainted pieces, leaned ashtrays, anels, ents, teering wheel, isassembled instrument cluster and cleaned the inside face, eworked the glovebox and replaced the vinyl piece on the bottom so it looks new inside. I had the table stand sand blasted and refinished, nd I refinished all the storage areas to like new. I put a new skylight vent in and reworked that area.. I painted all the seat bases, emoved and cleaned all the seatbelts by soaking them in soapy water, an those things get dirty. I fixed and cleaned the map pocket to look like new. There is so much more, just keep going and going, like to get everything in order. I will add more to the description and post more pictures in the next few days. This is just the start because I wanted to get this Westfalia listed for sale. Also, n my opinion I think the 1987 is the best, nd will be the most collectible year because it's the first year with the newer style gray interior, ut still has the more classic exterior with the chrome bumpers. Another thing that might be a concern to you is the mileage. Don't let this bother you, ust ask the guys at Gowesty. When you are dealing with vehicles of this age, lmost 30 years old, ou buy off of condition not mileage. Like an old Porsche, ercedes or Chevy, t's the condition, ondition, ondition.
I'm listing this for sale at $37,500 because of the condition.If you think that's expensive check GoWesty.comIf you have ever built your own car you know how much time and money it takes. I'm good at this and I'm in this Westfalia over $20,000 and 700 hours.Do you think you can buy a Westfalia and bring it to this condition for less than $37,500 in time and materials?Get out a piece of paper and add it all up.If you have questions please call me at 619 925-3174, im.
If you want more information you will have to call me at 619 925-3174 I will not respond to emails, ecause I get 20 a day from tire kickers, nd I can't answer them all because I type so slow. Call Me, ike they used to do. Thanks, nbsp;Jim..