Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:31:06 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Dollar value of Westfalias
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My bank here in Alabama considers my very straight '88 GL to have a
value of $5400.
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 10/6/2011 10:34 AM, Ken Wyatt wrote:
> I think current prices remind me of the mid to late 1970s. Back then you
> could buy a pretty well used but functional fixable late 60s or early
> 70s muscle car (GTO, 442, LeMans, Firebird, Camaro, Galaxie500, or ?insert
> your fav. here?) for about $500 - 1000 +/-. I think the vanagons are in
> that place, about low as they might go. Nowadays, you can't touch a classic
> muscle car for under 10 - 20K. Will our vanagons go that route? Some will
> for sure. One thing for sure, there won't be more of them yearly, only
> less. Take a look at the auction for the 23 window splittie last year.
> Almost $200K was it?
>
> And then:
>
> I saw a well used 1980 vanagon yesterday here in Salt Lake City. It was for
> sale and asking price was $8000. WOW! Claimed to have had new engine, lots
> of mechanical work done, just needed exterior love and TLC. HMMM, It just
> didn't look that good on the outside or inside. $8000 I thought? Come on,
> rust, ugly. And I thought I was considering selling mine for 6K. No way
> now.
>
> And then.....
>
> My mechanic called me Monday to say he believes he's solved my non compliant
> emissions issue. He was working on another van that couldn't pass
> emissions. Problem was too much hydrocarbon, so running rich or an
> incomplete combustion just like mine. So guess what it was? Injectors!!!
> He says the van he just finished had 2 bad injectors. Hydrocarbon went
> from 700 to 120 after servicing them, easily passing emissions now. Cool I
> thought.
>
> And then,
>
> Of course I thought, how ignorant am I/we? Duh!! Its the only thing we
> neglected/spaced/forgot last year when the new engine was installed. He's
> so confident its the cause, he suggested I bring my van in and he'll do the
> labor FREE to R&R the injectors. I'll pay for the servicing. Ok, one
> more...
>
> And then
>
> Yesterday, cruising the junkyard for J**p electric door locks, I spied a
> 1986 Vanagon 2 rows down. Checked it out and scored Windshield visor clips
> to replace my broken ones. May have to go back today, I forgot to check
> for window trimerry. It was raining.
>
> Yea, 2 steps forward this week. So I'm happy to report that my westy value
> is up this week....
> Cheers,
> Ken
> 82 westy
> SLC, UT
>
> So there you go,
>
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>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Has anyone noticed a change in the values of Westies in the last few years,
>> up, down or stable? My gut tells me they've gone down, but I don't know if
>> it's a seasonal thing or what.
>>
>> tabe_johnson/90MV
>>
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