A late model euro 5 speed TD westy with diesel furnace and your wheels,
is hardly comparable to an early, gasoline, westy - yours is way, way more
of a 'world class vanagon' than this one Roger.  And a much better color in
my opinion, plus that special front roof thing you have .........wow. 
That 27K is 'quite high' for an 84, even if it's a Wolfsburg. The engine
adds points of course being a special version of the 2.1.  And I take points
off for being repainted.
Unless you spend 10 grand on a paint job, they are just never anywhere near
as good as original paint from the factory, and even then,  repaints are
nearly always lacking - overspray, etc.     I have seen perhaps one actually
really good re-paint job, and it was a 15K paint job, with windows, drive
train, and interior out - a whole vehicle rebuild in other words. 
  This 84  looks mighty fine and sharp too, and he may get close to that, or
in that ballpark of over 20K .
But with 27K to play with.............there's a lot to chose from. For the
same price I have for sale an 86 Syncro Westy, with very nicely working
Subaru conversion, and AC and big BFG AT tires on Passast 15 inch rims, and
south African headlights and grill.  
For the same amount  this guy is asking for a this 84  2WD Westy.   That's a
very 'go westy' price on that van, but being pretty flawless
looking........could bring that kind of money, maybe. 
I'm not real big on that color pattern either , but that's personal
preference. 
Scott 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Roger Whittaker
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:43 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Early Westy prices!!

we paid 20K for our OEM 89 diesel 5 speed last year
so this is an older very clean item ...
i dont think the price is out of line at all
we insured for 30K replacement ...
yours

On Jan 31, 2008 2:27 PM, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote:

> This must be a record asking price for a stock 1984 Westy. Sure it is
> the Wolfy model of that year but that just makes it almost as good as
> most any 85 Westy.
>
> http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/car/552757592.html
>
> Mark
>

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