Got my 83.5 westfalia in nov 2000 for $5500 from a dealer no less.  And in
the chicago area more so.

The clincher is that it had only 25,000mi and full records;
minimal rust(you really had to look hard, here in the rust belt that could
be considered rust free); And an imaculate interior, the stove and fridge
looked like they were never used.  This sounded like a great deal until I
invested to make it road worthy.

that was another $2000.  which was tires, hoses, poptop seals, mirrors,
stereo, etc, etc...

All in all it was a fair deal, we just completed our cross country trip
during may/june, 6 weeks and 8000mi trouble free!  we stayed one night in a
hostel the whole time, and about 10days worth at family/friends places, the
rest was living it up in the westie.  this was just too cool and the best
seven grand I ever spent.

Good luck Peder with your vanagon purchase, you did good, A rust free
vanagon is hard too come by where we live.

Johnny T

83.5 Westie (??? green) now with 36000mi (ouch!)

On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 11:42:18 -0500, pederparizek <pederparizek@QWEST.NET>
wrote:

>Hi everyone. I was just reading through all the e-mails and noticed a lot
of people mentioning how much their vans cost. I thought it would be
interesting to find out what people paid for their vans and when, where,
shape, etc... This also might be useful in establishing a replacement value
for insurance claims. So, I will start this topic.
>I bought my 1984 full Westy Vanagon a month ago in St Paul, MN for $3500
from a private seller. It has a few dings but no rust at all. The van shows
124,000 miles on the odometer, but the engine and transmission were
replaced 10,000 miles ago.
>I think it was a good deal, as the other ones I looked at were the same
price and were rust buckets and had at least 110,000 miles on them.
>I'd love to hear from the rest of you on this subject.
>Peace,
>Peder
>'84 Westy
>