You guys are paranoid.  Most likely he has a kid in school.  And do you know
how rare a syncro with an SVX motor is, and put together by a professional
mechanic.  You can't drive down to your local used car lot and find one--
ever.  You pretty much have to do a national search if that is what you
want.  Also  you can do the math.  Buy a nice late model syncro that has
been well maintained, spend maybe $8-10K.  Or a crappy one for $5K and spend
4K getting it back up to par.  Then take it somewhere and have them put in
an SVX engine, add $10K.   He just has to find the right buyer.  Someone
might want convert to a camper and have a pretty nice 4wd powerhouse camper.

>From: John Carpenter <Trvlr2001@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Trvlr2001@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: FS: '91 Syncro SVX Ebay
>Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:02:59 EST
>
>OK, He has 30 yrs experience?... and needs college  tuition?
>wouldn't that make him about 50 ?
>Yes, people do go to college at 50
>but if he is a good mechanic,
>he probably would never recoup
>his school costs and his lose of livelihood
>while going to college.
>And probably would start out with much lower  wages
>than he was getting at the shop where he worked.
>( with all that experience )
>I have my doubts.
>Doesn't add up to me.
>Not to say that he is,
>but, if a person will skirt the truth
>on one thing...
>It is pretty easy to get into the habit
>of....
>Folks, this IS Horse trading...
>Let the buyer beware...
>All Is Fair in Love & War (& horse trading !!!  )
>best,
>John C...
>
>My  Vanagon was not viewed as an investment, but rather a labor of love. As
>for  the paint work, from what I understand, the seller needs to sell to
>cover  college tuition, etc., not invest even more money into a quality
>paint
>job  (one that ya'll wouldn't complain about would be  expensive).