Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:12:46 -0500
Reply-To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: super cheap 88k orig mi. '87 westy for sale $4000
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Chris, why don't you buy it? It is actually close to you. When I spoke to
the guy yesterday and he told me someone was coming to look at it I thought
of you first. Ron isn't a newb in Westy ownership by any means. As he
said, if you can't do all of the work yourself, the unknown issues with
this van can stack up pretty quickly. You could easily find yourself
having invested $12k into and have it tied up for the summer at repair
shops and body shops, when you could have just taken that $16k and bought a
decent one with a good history and be using it all summer. I wish the guy
the best on flipping it. It would have been a good deal for me if I was
the first buyer at the $1500-2k price point (I am guessing at what he paid).
Ken
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:23 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 12/22/2014 8:19:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET writes:
>
> Thanks for sharing. I was calling this guy this morning as well about this
> van. Sounds too risky for the price. You couldn't really lose but it is a
> bigger project than I am interested in taking on at the moment with several
> customer projects we are already doing. Got to know when to walk away,
> know when to run...
>
> before everyone walks away, like i said my friend DID run it on the
> trailer.. he jumped the battery and it started up right away, idled pretty
> good, but it does need the coolant leak addressed. it was pretty
> complete.. the carpets needed to be cleaned but there was no rips or tears
> or holes in the interior.. the body did not have any major damage, no bad
> dents or collision damage, nor was there any rust thru or major rust
> issues. the poptop seal needed to be replaced as they all do. the seller
> works for a oil delivery company and often buys interesting vehicles that
> he finds in his customers back yards
>
> all in all i thought the $4k was a fair price.
>
> remember people, if it was a cream puff it wouldn't be posted for $4k. it
> would be on the samba for $14k. (the seller doesn't even know about Samba)
> the seller did say to my friend that he drove it out of the guys yard and
> onto the trailer under its own power. its already being flipped but the
> current seller. wouldn't make much sense to be bought by someone with a
> vanagon resale business to be flipped again.. on the other hand it WOULD
> be a great but for someone who isnt in the business of selling vanagons, to
> have as a affordable starter westy of their own.
>
> with a bucket of warm water and some upholstry shampoo that interior would
> come up nice. shampoo the carpets and pressurewash them off. use a high
> speed buffer and compound and you can remove the overspray and
> spraypaint. throw a set of mirrors and headlight adjusters on there and
> some fill port lids and you've got a big difference. skylights and tires
> and poptop seals are a given.
>
> i dont personally know the seller, im not trying to sell the van for him.
> im just saying i feel its worth what he is asking and its a good solid
> affordably priced westy that could be really nice with minimal effort.
>
> just my 2 cents.
>
>
>
>
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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
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