Ok, to further the debate, somewhere I have a copy of the original window sticker from a 1978 Westfalia which showed the price at about $11,500.00. In 1978 I bought a new Chevy van for $6,026.00. $8,000.00 for a 79 sounds way too low. In 1985 I found a '78 Westy on a VW dealers lot with only 48K miles and it was in like new condition for $4,500.00-I'm still kicking myself for not buying it.

Jeff Stewart

----- "Jeff Lincoln" <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I'm not looking to continue this debate but $16k for a Wesfalia in '72
> seemed a lot to me as well.
>
> According to this http://auto.howstuffworks.com/volkswagen-bus6.htm a '79
> Campmobile cost $8k. So I would suspect that 7 years before the price was
> not double that.
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>