Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:25:23 -0700
Reply-To: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
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From: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
Subject: Re: Expensive Syncro Westie
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I agree... the price for NICE syncro Westfalias are high, but in my mind
worth it. I have my fully restored 1986 Syncro Westy for sale -
price is $62.500 Canadian. I won't go into all the details of what
was done with it - http://www.hasenwerk.ca/syncrortdi can do that for
you. The price is what it cost to build it with no corners cut.
What you have to really remember is that you are not
"flushing" 62.500 on typical car when you buy a Vanagon.
For about $62.500 you can also buy a VW Touareg - you can't sleep or cook
in it, insurance is 10X higher, off-roading in the mall parking lot is OK
and then in three years from now you can sell it for 30.000 - less than
half of it's purchase price. With a Syncro Westfalia or any other
nice Vanagon, three years from now, assuming you look after it, it is
worth what you paid for it if not a little more. Everyday people
"throw" 60K on a new vehicle and think noting of loosing it's
value by tens of thousands of dollars a year.
Basically the a
Syncro is now up there with the Picaso paintings and other status items -
you don't pay for them, you simply trade dollars for the item and then
back again when you are tired of it.
David Marshall
http://www.hasenwerk.ca
http://www.fastforward.ca
Box
4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2
On Sat, March 17, 2007 15:46,
Kim Brennan wrote:
> Let's start with a good Syncro Westy. $25K.
Now have a professional
> to an engine conversion. $15K, with
brake updating too. Toss in a set
> of 5 15" or 16"
wheels, and matching tires. That's another $1K+. Now
> get a good
paint job. $2k-3k. You are now up to $45k "out the door".
> And you haven't even touched the interior. Leather Recaro seats,
add
> another $3k. Maybe have Sewfine redo the interior? $5k.
SA
> Headlights? Hmm, wiring and what not...$500. Keyless entry? I
have no
> idea how much, but probably less than $1000. Let's say
$500 with
> labor assuming the vehicle already had central
locking.
>
> Locking front differential $1k. Decoupler,
$1k installed. Overhaul of
> transmission with taller gears $3k
>
> That's $59K. There was some additional custom
fabricating and
> manufacturing. I'm not sure it was an addition
$22k worth, but labor
> costs aren't cheap. If it was wanted in a
hurry, they could have
> thrown more people on it and that could
have contributed to extra cost.
>
> High? Stop thinking
in 1980 dollars.
>
>
> On Mar 17, 2007, at 6:07
PM, mordo wrote:
>
>> A beach shack and a vehicle are
apples and oranges. Although with
>> folks
>> paying
$82k to mod a VW Vanagon camper, that's beginning to
>>
approach the
>> same kind of appreciation real estate
offers.
>
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