too little too late I suppose.  I just sold an 87 syncro with rear diff last
month for only $4500.  No rust.  was located in western mt and sold to a
gentleman in WA.  $6000 seems way too high for just a standard vanagon
syncro.  No matter what price you get it for, expect to dump atleast $2000
into it the first year of ownership.  I would only pay $3000 max unless it
had a ton of upgrades!
jason

>From: Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Syncro van price range
>Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 01:15:41 +0000
>
>Seems to be a dry spell for good syncros lately.  Maybe in the Spring
>people
>will put a few up for sale and bring the prices down.  If not, that's good
>too, as mine just gets more valuable.
>
>87s have the bad 3/4 slider so if the tranny hasn't been rebuilt, it will
>be, even so just b/c of the miles.  So add 2500 to the price.  187K on
>original engine probably means a rebuild in maybe 50K miles at best I would
>guess.
>
>A passenger van like that, even in good shape with lots of maintenance
>receipts should not be more than $7K I don't think, and I personally would
>be looking for more like 6K.  But whatever it sells for is what it is worth
>I guess.
>
>
>
>
>>From: Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
>>Reply-To: Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Syncro van price range
>>Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:39:48 -0800
>>
>>What price range is considered to be the norm for a good condition (no
>>rust
>>or dents) '87 GL van with 187k and recent factory heads, PW, PDL, AC and
>>rear diff lock?   Looking to buy, but the advertised price seems to be way
>>beyond typical ($10k)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Casey
>>
>>Olympia, WA
>>Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state"
>>'87 300TD intercooler/propane #22 0-60mph 7.3sec (220k)
>>'84 300D (218k)
>>Gashuffer:
>>'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)
>>http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG
>
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