Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:29:04 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 1985 Volkswagon Vanagon (Nazareth, PA) $950
In-Reply-To: <3e223.4f15b199.3d14f32f@aol.com>
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In another thread running here currently someone is discussing selling
their 85 westy for somewhere around $10 K! Quite the spread in value,
eh? You could prolly buy the Craig's List cheapie and sink a few grand
into it, be pretty close to the other one and have a couple of years worth
of travel money left over..Or configure it like the Seattle one and re-sell
it at a nice profit.... with some reasonable amount of work...
On the other hand, comparing a nice westie at $10k to what is available
in similar small campers in other brands....The westie is a deal for sure
for someone looking for a done deal nice camper......
My 84 was 'similar' to the Penn. one...cheap, plain, passenger van. It
did come with an excellent drive train however. I think I have another
maybe $1500 in it, including my $300 used Westie interior and $600 more in
my "new" engine that I didn't really need but wanted to play with...
Mine ain't no pristine restored to showroom condition Westphalia
Vanagon, but it works for me at around $3000 total investment. It camps
well and runs great, isn't "Too Nice" to use, so I don't 'cringe' when my
wet retreivers jump in and shake and I don't worry about stuffing wet sandy
sailboards in or a few sheets of plywood....
If I lived a bit closer, I'd be tempted...They do come up around the
west coast, too...but enthusiasts are starting to snap up the cheap once
and re-sell em after working them back in shape...You gotta be quick around
the NW when one comes up for little money..
Don Hanson
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:59 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> that's local to me..prolly 10 mins away (i live in allentown) and no, i am
> not going to buy it. my days of hoarding these things are over lol
>
>
>
> In a message dated 6/21/2012 5:20:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> Go get it, and stop in to pick up a Martin guitar while you're in town.
> Use the guitar to serenade your wife before she can KABONG you with it.
>
> Stephen
>
> --- On Thu, 6/21/12, Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET> wrote:
>
>
> From: Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET>
> Subject: 1985 Volkswagon Vanagon (Nazareth, PA) $950
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 4:17 PM
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>
>
> It's a steal, but the wife would kill me!
>
> _http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/3092320254.html_
> (http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/3092320254.html)
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