Was someone lamenting that the conversion made the Vanagon less authentic?

I just thought it was surprising that you could make such a swap - and questioning why you would do it when you could simply buy a used Syncro.

I thought only Jay Leno had more money than he knew what to do with that he spent by funding expensive crazy car conversions.  :-)

I've never heard anyone call a replica GTO a crime - as long as the seller was honest in its represenataion.

Todd

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From: Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
> Yes, a two wheel drive can be made into a syncro. A 1964 Pontiac Tempest
> can be made into a GTO,too. Nobody cares if the Vanagon is made into a
> syncro(even at $67K), but if a Tempest is made into a GTO, it is a crime.
> Why? Nobody cares if a Vanagon is converted to syncro and this fact is
> hidden. Why?.
>
> Why are not people concerned about the correctness of the Vanagon? The
> engine? I dont think so.Vanagon is not a classic? Hummmmm.
>
> This spring I believe that I found the fourth ever Canadian Vanagon
> Westfalia in a junkyard. I have the documentation to show my claim,and I
> gave it to the list to see.It was a document laminated to the rear of the
> sink cabinet door. Nobody cared even a tiny bit. If I was a vendor(Im
> not), I think it would be a nice item (the door) to frame and put on my
> office wall.Can any document an earlier Vanagon? Who cares?
>
> I say all this because the Vanagon does fill a different space in
> automnobilia, than is usual. I may try to sell an item for the Vanagon and
> go to great lengths to show it original or correct, and few care even a
> tiny bit.
>
> I dont think the person who eventually buys this GW Syncro will care a
> tiny bit,that it is a fake syncro,or is it?