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Subject:Re: Old Popular Mechanics - Make Your Own Camper
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:40:21 -0500

maybe my memory is worse than I thought.  I definitely remember that the
price was way beyond what we felt we could afford at the time, and the
figure I mentioned seems to be stuck in my mind.  Maybe that was some
later case of wanting to buy something beyond my perceived means.  David

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Jeff Lincoln 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.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus