along the same lines, a fellow listee bought a syncro westy from a random
dealer on the east coast (he lives on the west coast) for 5500$. Bus is in
awesome shape.  The dealer didn't know what a syncro was! Doooooh. Cash
too.

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, pensioner wrote:

> Don't always dis those stripmall auto dealers.  In 1993, an acquaintance
> bought a 1989 Westfalia with 6000 miles on it from a stripmall dealer.
> 2500USD on a weekend "gotta go" sale.  It was made in the Graz factory.
> Blue metallic.  Propane had never been used.  He paid cash of course.   He
> sold it in 1999 for 19.5K$ with 48,000 on it.
>
> cheers,
>
> pensioner
>