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Subject:Re: Slightly Overpriced GL on The Samba
From:Mark L. Hineline
Date:Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:23:36 -0800

Yep. it wasn't very long ago that I posted to the type 2 list that no
Baywindow had ever gone for more than $10,000, that I knew of. Now look.

Mark

On Dec 20, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Jim Felder wrote:

> 20 years or so ago I found and restored an MGA with 67,000 miles on it
> that had been parked when it stopped running. The PO never did a
> single thing to it. It was a great experience to know that I was the
> second person to have every messed with every piece in the car. The
> car that was exactly, to the fastener and hose, like it was when it
> left the factory. I sold it ten years ago and it is still winning
> shows today.
>
> Vanagons are not quite there yet, but there will be more and more
> emphasis on original condition as these cars become more sought after.
> I can see the value (maybe not as much as is being asked, but I get
> the point) of an unmolested car.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Mark L. Hineline
> <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:
>> Gotta ask yourself: what's the value of a van that's untouched by a
>> DPO?
>>
>> Different strokes.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 20, 2010, at 7:40 AM, Jeff Schwaia wrote:
>>
>>> $11.5 for an '86 GL. not going to happen.
>>