>
> yet when someone smashes a vehicle to write off the furry is unleashed ...
> damn the insurance co and their paltry offer of 4K$ dont they know i have
> at
> least 25K$ into this rig !!!!--
>

That has to do with the difference between "market value" and "replacement
cost". It could easily cost $25K to procure a decent Vanagon and bring it up
to the standard of the one you previously had. Simply being a Westy or a
Syncro Westy with a decent paint job and low miles says nothing about what's
REALLY important. As with most things, the devil is in the details: seals,
gaskets, rings, joints, wires, pipes, hoses, etc. A van with all that stuff
meticulously restored is easily worth low to mid 5 figures. Merely being a
rare model with low miles isn't the all of it.

--
John Bange