Date:         Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:57:07 -1000
Reply-To:     "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Priced a little high?
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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you can tell by the stock wheels and 14 inch tires, for example,  they
guy more or less just drove it for what it is.

Every single used car I get ..
regardless of price...needs dozens of things done to it.

it's normal for any VW this old to need 'everything' ..

say what ? when did I last change the gear oil ?
the gear oil can be changed ??
how to you check it even ?

and on and on.

for the Right Person and new owner though ..
at less than 8K likely ..someone could move into a diesel camper vanagon ,
and those can be expensive to get into, whether you buy a dead one and
'do everything' or start with one already running like this.
I did not see a mention of transmission ..
it 'should' have the air-cooled DK box fitted to make the cruise gearing
decent.
( and hey ..German Transaxle is right there in Bend ) .

Scott


On 7/21/2014 12:01 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> Some folks will pay more for the Diesel, especially with the 1.9 upgrade.
> Some will pay for the unique camper conversion which is a rare one. And
> there are those that will pay extra for both. Have to wonder if there was a
> lot of effort on maintenance and upgrades why not get the odometer fixed?
> If it sells it is priced right. Could just be fishing. A seller can always
> come down in price but never go up.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 5:07 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Priced a little high?
>
> Not mine.
>
> I'm no expert on these vehicles but I'd guess that the seller is asking
> about 10x what a reasonable price would be.
>
> 1982 VW Vanagon 1.9L Diesel - $8000 (Bend)
>
> <http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/4579974435.html>
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>