MIke,

An honest opinion?
What you are dealing with here is a classic case of diminishing values.
The Merc, will never loose it's value, as long as it stays in nice
shape, in a matter of fact, it'll keep growing in value.

The Westy is worth something, but I don't think it will ever be worth
what the Merc will. ( of course the car has one heck  of a head start on
the Westy, in age.)

It's your call,but The Vw's are a bottomless pit for the fund dumping.

I won my VW on a bet, so the original investment was zero---but I had to
dump around $3000.00 in it to keep it road worthy.
Now it needs, front end bushing, all new hoses, pushrod tube seals, and
the trans cooler is leaking, so who knows how much that will take to
repair.

And the seams are going to need some attention, prior to the winter, but
I can do this myself.
So the question is-----where does a guy stop?

Is this a good value?

Not sure, but I suppose little by little, I'll get it all done, because
it is fun to drive.

Tough question you have presented----I guess it all depends on how much
you like the Westy, to dump some more money into it.

It's kinda like VW required dues---ya gotta spend it to drive them !!:>)

Good luck making this decision---

Later,

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Terry--
74 Campmobile- (Clementine)
85 GL- (Delilah)
86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva)