I agree that it's a little high.  I own an '82 with a 1.9 NA.
Watching ebay tells me that it's worth $7500-8k.  Blown motor? If
it's REALLY clean, $3500. A new crate motor will cost you $3k and
about 10 hours to R&R.

Jim

On Mar 8, 2007, at 9:44 PM, Nathaniel Poole wrote:

> I thought it was a *bit* high for a van with no motor but didn't want
> to comment in case they were on this list. But if a non-running
> 25-year-old westy goes for that amount, what are the runners worth?
> And I thought the 1.6 diesels weren't all that loved.