Date:         Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:42:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Part out or Sell - your opinions
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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
> >