"fully restored westy" for $16,500????

I guess that depends on your definition of fully restored....

Cheers, 

Jeff 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Vincent Dow
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:42 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Any vans for sale.

In Montreal (Laval, Que) the gentleman who is rebuilding my DK tranny has several fully restored westies for sale. New paint, new canvas, rebuilt 1.9L TDIs - everything gone over with a fine-tooth comb. He wants $16,500.

Looking back at buying my beater-subaru conversion for $5,400.
Once I plumbed in a heater, replaced the head gaskets, engine seals, rebuilt tranny, restore missing spare-tire tray...
Anyway, all that and a new canvas would easily be $16,500. Spend the money and get a van that's been gone-over and restored  or else get a beater with no engine and do it all yourself, and do it right. If you have the time, the skills and the space.

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net>
wrote:

> Ken,
>
> I wasn't trying to call you out in any way. I think it's great that 
> you posted all of the dings.
>
> I was merely commenting on the price tag in relation to the amount of 
> dings, nothing more.
>
> Cheers,
> Harry
>
>
> On 10/22/14 9:53 AM, Ken Wilford wrote:
> > Harry, I am the opposite of a used car salesman.  Instead of 
> > standing back 20 feet and giving you only pictures that hide any 
> > problems, I zoom in on them and they probably actually look worse 
> > than they do in real life in the pictures.  I would rather have a 
> > person be pleased that they van is better than they expected than be 
> > upset that I tried to hide things on them.  Just my philosophy of 
> > selling vans and it usually works well for me.  I only sell a couple 
> > a year so it isn't like I am really trying to move a lot of volume 
> > :-)
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > On 10/22/2014 9:15 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
> >> Wow, $17k all dinged up like that?
> >>
> >> On 10/22/14 8:30 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote:
> >>> Jamie, not sure where you a located but I have a customer that I 
> >>> am trying to help sell a decent full Westy on the East Coast.  
> >>> Here is a link to the
> >>> ad:
> >>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1612132
> >>>
> >>> Located in Southern New Jersey.  Price is negotiable.  Let me know 
> >>> if they are interested.
> >>>
> >>> Ken Wilford
> >>> John 3:16
> >>> www.vanagain.com
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Jamie Fitterer 
> >>> <fittdog8848@hotmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Have a good friend looking to get a van for family camping.  I 
> >>>> thought I would check here and see if anyone was selling a camper 
> >>>> or weekender that doesn't require an arm and a leg to be included 
> >>>> in the sale and would like their van to be enjoyed by another 
> >>>> family.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope all are fine and had a good summer vamping!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Ken Wilford
> >>> John 3:16
> >>> www.vanagain.com
> >>>
> >
>