{"id":4267,"date":"2010-03-15T00:48:44","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T05:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertlpeters.com\/news\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2016-03-22T17:02:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T12:02:59","slug":"for-sale-bettie-my-1981-vw-westfalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/for-sale-bettie-my-1981-vw-westfalia\/","title":{"rendered":"[SOLD] Bettie (my 1981 VW Westfalia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba<\/em><\/p>\n

Several people have asked whether I would be putting Bettie<\/em> up for sale this spring\u2014this after I purchased a newer (waterboxer) VW Westfalia last autumn. I hate to see this air-cooled butter-colored beauty go (after only three years), but I really don\u2019t need two\u2026 so please consider this an official offer to sell. There, I said it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some stats: 1981 VW Vanagon L Westfalia Camper, 2.0 L four-cylinder engine, rear-wheel drive, manual four-speed, seating for five occupants including driver, sleeps 4 (two double beds)\u2014German-engineered efficiency at its best. Fully camperized means a super-convenient pop-up top (takes less than 10 seconds), sink with onboard water tank and city water hookup, two-burner propane stove, three-way refrigerator (propane\/110v AC\/12v DC), loads of built-in storage, swing-out tables, swivel front seats, sliding windows with insect screens, full curtains, and a rooftop luggage rack. Extra niceties included: a trailer hitch, fire extinguisher, lockable strong-box (great for storing laptop and valuables while on a multi-day climb), an AC power inverter (for charging a computer, etc.), a decent sound system (radio, cassette and plug-in CD player), and comprehensive owner and service manuals.<\/p>\n

Admittedly not a speed demon, Bettie cruises comfortably at 110 km\/h on the open road (though she slows down on sustained uphill inclines). I\u2019ve driven her out to the Rockies in each of the last three years (have I mentioned that a Westy makes for the world\u2019s best climbing base-camp?), and with all gear and food staples neatly stored (literally, she\u2019s a home on wheels), it’s simply a matter of adding some fresh food, a cooler of recreational beverages, and some casual clothes on a Friday after work\u2014within half an hour you\u2019re off for a weekend sortie. Though Bettie is pushing 30, she\u2019s in great running condition, has low mileage (about 150,000 original kms), consumes in the area of 12 L\/100 km of fuel, and is pure joy to own and drive.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested, call me days at 1 204 943 3693 or evenings at 1 204 781 8132, or send me an e-mail through this site\u2019s Contact<\/a> form. Asking price: $7500 Canadian… I\u2019m going to miss you, girl. <\/em><\/p>\n

Status update as of 29 March 2010:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bettie has been sold (to an old climbing friend, I\u2019m happy to say)\u2026<\/p>\n

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(previous posts about Bettie here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba Several people have asked whether I would be putting Bettie up for sale this spring\u2014this after I purchased a newer (waterboxer) VW Westfalia last autumn. I hate to see this air-cooled butter-colored beauty go (after only three years), but I really don\u2019t need two\u2026 so please consider this an official offer to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,11,17,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15116,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions\/15116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}