Date:         Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:52:30 +0000
Reply-To:     tp@WHSMITHNET.CO.UK
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tony Polson <tp@WHSMITHNET.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: 1998 SA Vanagon on eBay UK
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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Andrew Grebneff writes:

>
>> My new Vanagon is also South African; it's a white 1995 Caravelle with
>> the
>> same 2.6i engine and the same alloy wheels.  I will receive it three
>> weeks
>> from now.
>
> So what did you pay for it? If shipping wasn't so steep I'd happily
> look for a used Caravelle in RSA.


Hi Andrew,

I paid GBP 3700 here in the UK.  The van had already been imported by the
previous owner, who bought it new in SA then drove it to the UK in 2001.

Looking at South African used car pages on the web, used examples of the
"Volksie Bus" seem expensive.  I saw a couple the same age as mine and they
were both advertised at over GBP 5000.

Mine needs some minor bodywork and some minor electrical faults fixed.  With
those jobs completed I would hope it will be worth a lot more than I paid
for it.

Tony