Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:02:13 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
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yeah, we went over and over thinking about what it would take to produce
fiberglass AW Vanagon tops........
and what people would pay for them.
At $ 4,000 installed perhaps there is money to be made.
I figure 'a reasonable price that someone would be willing to pay for one'
is closer to $ 2,000.
But there's no way widows and fittings, and trim, and labor can fit in that
number and anyone make any actual money - seems to me.
Even for the bare top at 2K..........
even that seems like there's not much room in there for decent profit for
the materials and effort involved, unless you're doing say 3 a week.......
and that doesn't seem likely - that sort of sales volume.
Just doesn't pencil out, seems to me.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "levi hawkins" <b1levi@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
> But would you be willing to pay 4000 for an AW top?
> There is so much work involved it would probably have to be priced close
> to that to make it worthwhile to make. I have an AW top and love it, but I
> know I wouldn't pay even 3000 for it.
>
> --- On Mon, 12/1/08, George Wietor <wietorg@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> From: George Wietor <wietorg@YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 6:32 PM
>
> we have a soon-to-be-idle stamping plant here in Grand Rapids....bet
> somebody
> has the dies and fixtures out back with the Adventurewagen molds...I'd buy
> a
> new one. George
>
>
> --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> From: Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 6:51 PM
>> Hey, a big box on wheels! What a concept!
>>
>> On 12/1/08, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I always wondered how that was done... they make it
>> about like you
>> > would make a small box on an automated assembly line,
>> except it's BIG!
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Andrew Grebneff
>> <goose1047@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> I just accidentally came across this youtube
>> video. I don't know if it's
>> >>> been posted before, but I thought some might
>> be interested.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Good one! It would be neat to see what the van
>> body we saw come
>> >> together looks like now...
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Andrew Grebneff
>> >> Dunedin, New Zealand
>> >> Fossil preparator
>> >> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut
>> >> Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada
>> >> <goose1047@gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >>
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>>
>> Pete
>> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
>> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
>> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
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