Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:34:01 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: California Camper Tops Vs. VW Camper tops Vs. Country Homes
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it's about 217K on the odometer.
I last saw the van a few months ago and was considering buying it at that
time.......
then that fell through.
the guy called me today.
I only saw it about 5 mintues before, but noticed it looked pretty nice
inside.......outside is 'some dents'........
and it's an interesting dark blue color.
85 too I believe, the first year of the better sliding door.
check on thesamba. There were 454 of them on their recently - just vanaongs.
they ranged from 'make offer' to $ 45,000 at least.
that blue SVX Syncro in Reno. - that's my engine conversioni work. That
one is listed at $ 45K.
prices seem to vary quite a bit.
example- working on a decent looking 83 Westy right now, 220K miles on it.
Pops out of 1st gear sometimes.
Engine pretty tight. They're investing another 300 into it right now. The
got it for $ 2,900 recently, which I thought was a great deal.
I know another one.......have seen pictures of it ............83 or 84
Westy.........near me in Grants Pass, OR ...........they'll be asking 4,000
for it, or a bit more.
scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randal Jett" <randal_jett@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: California Camper Tops Vs. VW Camper tops Vs. Country Homes
tops
....and mileage, and condition -- you know, the basics. Even if I'm not
interested right now, I like to keep track of how much vans go for across
the country.
----- Original Message ----
From: Randal Jett <randal_jett@yahoo.com>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:14:26 PM
Subject: Re: California Camper Tops Vs. VW Camper tops Vs. Country Homes
tops
Depends. It would be HELPFUL if you would include a price or a price range.
I would consider it if it's a real bargin.
Randal
----- Original Message ----
From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 8:14:02 PM
Subject: Re: California Camper Tops Vs. VW Camper tops Vs. Country Homes
tops
Anybody wanna buy a pretty nice 85 Riviera ?
I have a line on a pretty nice blue one, needs the usual engine work. Very
nice looking cabnitry inside too.
scott
Southern Oregon
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Ballen" <jamosb78@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: California Camper Tops Vs. VW Camper tops Vs. Country Homes
tops
> As a former Country Homes Camper owner, I know a few things about them...
> They were all built on passenger vans. No reinforcement of the roof was
> done in the conversion.
> They certainly have their advantages, but overall the quality of the
> westfalia parts used are superior. I found my top (ABS plastic) started
> to crack at the stress points (hold downs)...and after this started, there
> was no going back.
>
> You guys who are interested in this should check out this thread over on
> the Samba, where a guy whose passenger van got whacked by a tree decided
> to make it into a camper with a CHC top. He documented the process pretty
> well, and in the end, did an awesome job.
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=273404&highlight=country+homes
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