Thanks Dominic.

So if a westy sold for $17k in 1985, that is equivalent to about $34k in 2010 dollars.

So the same van selling today for $13.7k is selling for 40% of its original price. It would be a stretch to say it is keeping its value. 

alistair

On 2011-10-06, at 8:10 AM, Dominic Provini Jr. wrote:

> I believe they sold for $17,000 in 85 and a Golf GTI was about $6,000 in
> comparison.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 1:26 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Dollar value of Westfalias
> 
> $13,700 in todays money is more like $6800 in 1985 money.
> 
> what did a new westy sell for in '85?
> 
> alistair
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2011-10-05, at 10:08 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> 
>> It changed hands for $ 13,700 ..
>> I kinda had 12K in the back of my mind...
>> and you can't put a price on 'very original perfect conditon'
>> ...........like that's worth whatever ...7K right there.
>> 
>> and .......interestingly..
>> that is somewhat close to the original selling price , or 75 % of it
> at
>> least.