----- Original Message -----
From: "Aristotle Sagan" <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] vanagon difficulty

> jim,
>
> You were on a roll till you hit this point...
>
> BTW, I got curious. Your Westy cost about 51,000 DM in 1990. That's
> about $37,000 at current exchange rates. If it's clean, you could
> reasonably expect to get $15,000 it today's market.
>
>
> Ya want to point out the conversion rate you used to generate this fact?
> *L*
>
> A DM is worth exactly what in todays market?

Price from here:
http://www.westfaliat3.info/html/westfalia_t25___t3_atlantic.html
Exchange from here: http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/?obsolete=yes

The best I could do in a hurry. Looking a bit closer, it looks like the
California is what we got in the US of A. 44,500 DM in 07/1989. That would
be a 1990 year model.

The $15,000 price for a clean 1990-1991 Westy comes from observation.  Cris
Torlasco's Fafner comes immediately to mind.  Go Westy seems to move them
out at significantly hicher prices. Go look and the prices on thesamba and
ebay completed auctions.  Historically, KBB is not a very good source of
Vanagon pricing.  Try the NADA guide instead.

Jim