Good used heads, harness & ECU don't take up much space, can be put in the post office pre-paid boxes (you can mail a head to Australia in one) & all the other parts & pieces (heater box, small windows, window cranks, push rod tubes & what not the list is almost endless). Take pictures, label & weigh them (for shipping), put ads on TheSamba, stack the parts on a shelf in the garage & wait. It's not fast but they will go. The metal parts (rust belt) are probably scrap. Rob vwrobb@gmail.com
At 4/16/2013 11:29 AM, neil n wrote: >This is hair splitting, but given that it's sat a lot unused, would >this affect the value of some of the parts? i.e. 1.9 with an oil leak >and (I assume) old coolant, "new brakes" that haven't been used much, >etc. OTOH, this might affect the value of the van if sold as-is so >maybe it's all relative. > >And how much is the owners time worth? > >I understand the hesitation. The '85 I parted was a Transporter >"panel" so I got at least one polite "why'd ya part it?" comment. But >the advanced structural and other rust along with mechanical work >required, really made it a border line case in terms of a resto >project. > >I'm still getting good use out of quite a few parts from my '85. > >Neil. > > >On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a friend who has an '85 GL hard top he is looking to get rid of. > > > We've already done some quick and dirty math - and it's worth more $ as > > parts. > > > Details: > > '85 GL hard Top > > Original Engine - 100k-125k Miles > > Manual Trans > > |
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