I gotta pipe in on this....
Don't smell right to me...
my 2 cents.
best,
JC...

Although  I struggle with a price like this it's obviously in the eye of  the
beholder...but at the same time these Vanagon conversion seem very  over
priced. I have friends who have put corvette engines in their  jeeps
professionally for 1/2 the price of what an indie mech would charge  for a
SVX conversion...surprising to me us vanagon lovers would put the  money some
do into these things...but then again beauty is in the eye of  the beholder!

Shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon  Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Al and Sue  Brase
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:49 PM
To:  vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: FS: '91 Syncro SVX Ebay

Kind  of silly for him to qualify it that way. If it doesn't reach
reserve, it's  a moot point whether the driveshatf and  AC work or not. I
think he  was trying to give full disclosure.
A low mileage Syncro GL with a well  done SVX conversion is a pretty nice
thing. What's it worth? What is its  competition? An SUV. A Jeep?
One cannot just go out and buy something like  it, so it is hard to
measure its worth in middle class values. Is it worth  45% of what a new
Ford Explorer is worth?  It won't cost that much. Is  it worth  what  new
plastic siding on your house would cost? It  won't cost that much either
(depending on your house size and a few other  factors.)
If you look at that ad and feel passion, then good for you- go  for it!
I like it too, but will sit out this round. I'm spendig my   next bunch
of money  on my garage, then a lift.
Al  Brase

dylan friedman wrote:

>I don't see it getting that  kind of money without working AC and spray
painted seems and lower rusted  areas.
>
>df
>
>Aaron Pearson  <aarondpearson@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: it's been on samba several
times  for $20k.  it might be worth it, but that'd
>be a tough purchase  for me to justify.
>
>aaron
>'87 syncro westy  ej22
>
>
>
>>From: Bob Stevens
>>Reply-To:  Bob Stevens
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: FS:  '91 Syncro SVX Ebay
>>Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:26:08  -0700
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/b9deo
>>
>>Not  mine, just told about it. Anyone here own this? Know more.
>>Looks  pretty sweet. Didn't notice where it is located.
>>
>>Bob  Stevens
>>'87 Westy Syncro
>>"Passion  Fruit"
>>
>>
>
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