I know how you feel.  After I got divorced, I had a chance to pick up an
'85 Westfalia for $2000.  I always wanted one.  I still had my '86 GL,
which I had had since new.  I (We) bought it just before the birth of our
third (and last) child.    I would have loved to have bought a camper then,
but they  were only made for 4 (or so I thought).  I did not know about the
fifth seat option (bad VW dealer!).   Anyway, I sold this '86 after I had
started to sort out the '85 camper and knew I was going to keep it.  The
person would bought the '86 was a VW fanatic (driving a brand new bright
yellow Beetle!) and he was buying it for his daughter to drive to
Washington state.  (I live in Delaware, so this was pretty much coast to
coast.)  I was sorry to see it go, but I was glad he bought it.  He  paid
$3000 for it, which was my asking price.  Didn't even try to offer anything
less.  I knew he was happy with it.   I think he replaced a fuel filter and
did some brake work, and it made  it to the west coast.

                                                                  Good
Luck,
                                                                  Jay