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Subject:Re: Craigslist Ad
From:Andrew Martin
Date:Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:16:13 -0700

Vanagons, Hippies with Banjos... Oh, my!  

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Harry Hoffman
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:08 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Craigslist Ad

That's not so bad... I'm wondering if this one comes with the hippies in the back! ;-)

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/2572743659.html

On 08/31/2011 10:38 AM, J Stewart wrote:
> I like two tone paint jobs,too, but not that much! And someone else 
> already pointed out, where did the new points and condenser go, the 
> glove box? It could also be (and this is my absolute hands down 
> favorite from sellers with over-priced cars) "Well, the car I want to 
> buy is $5,000.00, so I need to get $5,000.00 for this (worth $1,200.00 
> POC) car in order to buy the other one" I wish this was a 5K Vanagon, 
> then my '85 Weekender would be worth around 22K. I have new "breaks" 
> too, but no new points.... Jeff
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> Jeff Stewart
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> I'm a sucker for a two-tone paint job. I've got an '84 Vanagon of the 
> same color as the one in the ad. I already had two Vanagons, (a really 
> nice '85 Westfalia and a beat-up '87 Wolfsburg that I really should 
> get rid of) but saw this beautiful '84 online for only $800 and 
> decided I had to have it. I put just under $1,000 into it, mostly on a 
> new exhaust. I wouldn't think the seller would get $5,000 for that 
> one, but some people just don't research what similar ones are selling for before they post their ad.
>
> Ed
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> From: "J Stewart"<fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 7:59 AM To:<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: Craigslist Ad
>
>> Not Mine:
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>> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/2564124920.html
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>> Wow, look at all you get for $5,000.00!!! Even new "breaks" (that one 
>> always cracks me up). You'd think someone dreaming this high would at 
>> least go to Target, Wal Mart, etc. and spend 20 bucks on some plastic 
>> wheel covers! Good luck, Nicole, you're gonna need it!!
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