Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:07:50 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: What's wrong with my VW? Friday
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It's the rare and unusually well-executed modification that increases the
value of the vehicle to a buyer. Generally they increase the value to
the
owner, but not to others, because they're simply the owner tailoring the
vehicle to their own likes and dislikes -- which won't necessarily be
shared by everyone else.
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For many years I outfitted my pickup trucks with very nice Koering Side
Mount Tool Boxes.
They also had a overhead rack that carried ladders, long lumber and
whatever was necessary, some had winches on them.
The trucks also had extra heavy equal tow bumpers for 6,000 pound
hitches.
These were about a $3,000.00 investment over the purchase price of the
new truck.
In every situation I got the same price out of the trucks without the
equipment.
Stan Wilder
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 00:27:42 -0500 (EST) David Brodbeck
<gull@cyberspace.org> writes:
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Stan Wilder wrote:
>
> > The actual outcome of this conversion frenzy remains to be seen.
> > I feel that I've seen some of it when Vanagons with conversion
> engines
> > are selling for less than their stock counterparts on the VW
> Buy/Sell
> > sites I've been to.
>
> That will be true of any modified vehicle. You have to decide how
> much
> you can trust the person who designed and performed the
> modification.
> This even applies (though not as severely) to a rebuilt stock engine
> --
> you never know what the quality of the rebuild was, as a buyer. And
> of
> course sometimes the seller is misinformed. (The guy I bought my
> Westy
> from claimed it still had the original engine, but when I cleaned
> the
> engine bay I found a VW factory rebuild sticker on the block.)
>
> It's the rare and unusually well-executed modification that
> increases the
> value of the vehicle to a buyer. Generally they increase the value
> to the
> owner, but not to others, because they're simply the owner tailoring
> the
> vehicle to their own likes and dislikes -- which won't necessarily
> be
> shared by everyone else.
>
> _ _
> __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE)
> Ypsilanti, MI
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