Guys and Gals,

Related to this is the fact that my bank recently appraised my 88 GL at
over 5 grand. Banks are pretty conservative, so it makes me wonder about
our vans rising value as they become more scarce with the passage of
time. My van is 1-1/2 years short of being 20 years old, is near 200 K
on the body (60 K on a new engine) and it is worth more now than it was
5 years ago.

Given all that, I think the concept of compiled data on vehicle worth
for The List would be a very worthwhile thing.

My $0.02.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver of a vehicle that is suddenly peeing red stuff all over the
place back there. It's something all the time.... gotta love'em!!

Larry Johnson wrote:
> This Friday I'm having my '86 Syncro Westfalia appraised for my insurance
> coverage. The appraiser admits that there is very limited information for
> him to work on and would like any input I can provide. I've scanned the
> Classifieds on http://www.thesamba.com but that is not as good as real
> prices that the vans sell for.
>
> Would anyone who has bought or sold a '86 Syncro Westfalia in North
> America,
> please p-mail me the price that it went for, when it sold and what in
> state
> or province. Even later year vans would provide the appraiser with
> something
> to work on.
>
> I'm trying to get the highest appraised value that I can justify.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Larry
> mailto:larrynavery@gmail.com <larrynavery@gmail.com>
>
>