Date:         Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:51:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Sinclair <neeemo@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Tom Sinclair <neeemo@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: To Buy or not to Buy?   86 Vanagon Westfalia
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I paid $2k for my 86 Westy with only 79k on it in
2000.   It was totalled though.

Tom

--- Ed <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I'd try to get them down on the price a little more.
> Here are links to two
> '85 Westfalias that ended recently on eBay. The
> first is not too far from
> me, and went for only $2,300, but it has some rust.
> The second in a west
> coast vehicle with an older rebuilt engine, which
> went for $5,500. Maybe you
> can use these two as negotiating points.
>
> I got my Westfalia, just about like the one your
> looking for, for about
> $5,200. It was a little more than I thought it was
> worth, but there are not
> very many around here in CT, and it was worth it to
> me to see the vehicle in
> person and know what I was getting, rather than try
> to buy one at a distance
> and trust someone else's inspection or just judging
> it by photographs.
>
> It it's a vehicle you really want, and there are
> hard to find in your area,
> I'd persue this if you or a competent mechanic can
> check it out. I'd try to
> get it for closer to $5,000 than $6,000.
>
> Ed Duntz in CT
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-camper-pop-up-westfalia_W0QQitemZ4574970043QQcategoryZ15291QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Volkswagon-Westfalia-GL-Very-Original_W0QQitemZ4574393191QQcategoryZ15291QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>


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