Problem is that restoration costs have little to do with market value of the
finished product, and only a small percentage of vehicles will recoup the
costs of a professional restoration. A decade ago I owned a '65 Imperial
coupe, one of less than 1600 made that year. It was a gorgeous land yacht
and I was quoted a price of 20-25,000.00 to do a full resto. Unfortunately,
although very rare, the vehicle would likely only have fetched maybe 3 or
four grand as there really wasn't much of a market for them. Rare and
desirable vehicles are worth restoring, but the rest - it becomes a labour
of love I think to put the time and money into them. I wonder how much
Gowesty actually recoups on those very expensive vans they restore.

Nathaniel

On 2/1/07 10:52 AM, "Malcolm Stebbins" <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> --- Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote:
>
>> So before you think of restoring your/a van from bumper to bumper, you could
>> easily end up spending over 25-30k with labor.... to get an 80% restored
>> Vanagon Camper.
>
> As some may know, A year ago, I bought a 1989 Syncro 16" Dehlet High-top from
> Germany, 148,000 KMS
> and in VERY good condition.  I shipped it to Halifax NS, then I bought a Reimo
> camping interior:
> Cost to date:  about CDN 30,000 and I still want a TDi Conversion - another
> Euro 12,000.
>
> Your's is a 2WD,  people tell me that my asking price of CDN18,000 is too much
> for my 1991 syncro
> westy!  People just don't understand the time/costs/values.   Malcolm
>
>
>
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