Ed that sounds like a fair amount to me.  I would pay the $1000 to keep
the old van and you can either sell it to someone who may want to
restore it or use it for parts (probably the second) if you have a place
to store it.  You should be able to pick up a replacement on the samba
for around $4000-5000 that might need some body work or engine work and
then just put the rest of the money toward that.  I love the 74 cents!
Where did they get that from I wonder?  :-)

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Ed Duntz wrote:
> Quick update- Thanks for the concern- I have a little whiplash and some
> headaches, and my nephew was traveling with me is alright.
>
> I just got a call from Geico- they will give me $8669.74, and put a
> salvage
> value on it of $1,000 if I want to keep it. Anyone have any dollar
> amounts
> to throw at me in their experience? I also forgot to mention that it has
> 175,000 miles or so, and I just put in a manual trans that was
> supposed to
> have been recently rebuilt by AA transaxle.
>
> Thanks for the input so far,
> Ed Duntz
>