Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:16:44 +0000
Reply-To: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Field of (air-cooled) dreams
In-Reply-To: <CACX23q2348Bd9GPOd4azMrWsLWnoMnP-k+ab4M3XNn=c1k10jg@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Some hilarious reading there! I noticed most of these ads were quite old, so obviously no one is beating the door down to buy one of these "bargains". One is always free to "ask" what ever price they want, but "asking" and "getting" are quite different! The one that mentions the medical bills, well, sorry if you've got medical bills piling up, but that doesn't make your $500.00 (maybe) pile of crap worth $7,500.00 (maybe they're buying medical marijuana?) Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> Someone had pointed out the high asking price for a particular
> air-cooled
> Westfalia on Craigslist. Much hillary, raised eyebrows and chuckling
> ensued. Was the firm price of $3500 that far out of norm? Let's take a
> walk down the field of air-cooled dreams...
> This 1980 appears very complete and fairly free of rust, but the
> seller
> mentions windshield seal rust which often means holes in the body
> under the
> seal. A rebuilt motor is mentioned. $4000 OBO:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1252379
> 1982 Westy, automatic, with some surface rust and the camper interior
> painted black. Dropped valve in the motor. Extra motor included for
> extra
> $$. $2500 OBO:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1254408
> 1980 Westy, with surface showing profusely through the metallic green
> paint. It is "factory A/C ready" and "rare automatic" but needs an A/C
> compressor.$3300 OBO:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1249994
> 1982 Westy, original color body which requires the usual amount of
> love and
> has a mismatching sliding door. Not all is lost as the owner is
> including
> a Jake Raby recipe "camper special" motor and a good transmission to
> replace the bad automatic that's currently in the vehicle. $7500 OBO:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1201990
> 1981 Westy, automatic, "very are air-cooled", no mention whether the
> automatic transmission is rare. "Factory A/C" set up with missing
> compressor and belt. Seller states the engine is rebuilt and also
> lists the
> items he replaced. $4500 OBO:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1236094
> So there you have it. The options are out there.
> --
> Chris S.
> "Build it, and they will come."
| 
