This is hair splitting, but given that it's sat a lot unused, would
this affect the value of some of the parts? i.e. 1.9 with an oil leak
and (I assume) old coolant, "new brakes" that haven't been used much,
etc. OTOH, this might affect the value of the van if sold as-is so
maybe it's all relative.

And how much is the owners time worth?

I understand the hesitation. The '85 I parted was a Transporter
"panel" so I got at least one polite "why'd ya part it?" comment. But
the advanced structural and other rust along with mechanical work
required, really made it a border line case in terms of a resto
project.

I'm still getting good use out of quite a few parts from my '85.

Neil.

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a friend who has an '85 GL hard top he is looking to get rid of.

> We've already done some quick and dirty math - and it's worth more $ as
> parts.

> Details:
> '85 GL hard Top
> Original Engine - 100k-125k Miles
> Manual Trans
>

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