hi Ashler and
to the site! Im a newbie too, and i made a huge mistake recently when i bought my first bus and over-looked the condition of the frame. The bus i bought was nice and pretty, drove well, interior immaculate, but the frame was shot balls. I thought it might be fixable at first, but my lack of experience proved me wrong. It was a very structural part of the frame, the torsion bar housing, so its now sitting in my driveway mostly stripped and awaiting its arrival to the junkyard. If your new to maintaining automobiles as well, id suggest going out and getting John Muir's Idiot guide on VW's. He has a chapter in there that is all about what to look for when buying a bus.
Im sure you'll get a lot of good advice from the other members, but i recommend sticking around and getting "permission" from the nice folks here before making a purchase.
i should have but i was all like, no time , must buy bus before its gone
doe! Feel out the person your buying it from as well. If something doesn't add up take your money elsewhere. For example the guy i bought it from said he bought the bus for himself but needed to sell it cause he was losing his job. When i met him , i asked what he did for work, and he said he worked at UPS. Mind you this was in late October or early November. Mail services don't normally let people go right before the holidays. Typically They hire on a few hundred extra employees instead. What The PO meant to say was i bought this bus and realized its a crapshoot, and now im selling it to the first idiot that comes my way.
awesomeness and good luck. Remember the hunt is half the fun!
peace out
