Date:         Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:24:30 -0500
Reply-To:     chris <chris@MCCLURKEN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         chris <chris@MCCLURKEN.COM>
Subject:      Kicking my own tires
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It's been a while since I intereacted with the List. Since the last time
nothing much has changed with the van...it's still sitting there in the
apartment parking lot hoping it's worthless owner will finally get it
back on the road again. Won't be long till a year has gone by since the
3/4 slider went snap and I'm plagued yet again with the questions of fix
it or sell it. Bottom line is if I could get enough out of it to make a
serious dent on my debts ($1800 neighborhood) I'd probably just sell it.
But for all I know a Vanagon with a bad tranny may be worth a few box of
rocks!
So would anyone care to wager how much a van like mine might be worth
out there to a fellow nut? It's got a few distinguishing features
like...
2 owner van with all records and I mean ALL records since purchased at
the dealer.
Less than 6,000 miles on the 1.9 boxer, belts, hoses, brakes, a/c
(cold!) and tires (original spec)
Oh yeah it's a weekender too.
The only thing wrong is the transmission but I've never been able to fix
it (money).

I hope this post isn't too annoying seeing as how I don't have any
pictures...but then again I'm not exactly offering it for sell, just
wondering what a sick but otherwise great van is worth.

Thanks a bunch,
Chris in Nashville
85 gl weekender

BTW, I was up in Belfast, ME a few weeks ago and saw more Vanagons that
I had ever seen my entire life...mostly synchros!