I would dispute the notion that these are "Vanagon values." Vanagon asking
prices somewhere in the country other than the southeastern US, possibly,
but not values.

I know a couple of guys in my county who bought an 86 Vanagon at an auction
for $800. It needed work. They bought parts from me and others around here.
They told me how they were going to get $8000 or more for it. That was 18
months ago, it's still on craigslist for about half that.

If they had looked at selling prices and not asking prices, they might have
flipped it for twice what they paid and made a little money and saved
themselves a bunch of work.

Jim

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:06 AM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone tracked what's happening with Vanagon values lately?
>
> This from the NADA BUYERS GUIDE. I pulled this up yesterday,
>
> 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Carat
>
> May 1, 2015
> Original MSRP  Low Retail  Average Retail    High Retail
> $18735                 $4800            $8300                $15000
>
> May 1, 2017
> $18735                 $6050             $10550              $18300
>
> Over a two year span this is terrific if you are selling, not so good if
> you are buying. Of course all the real value is in what you sell or buy it
> for!
>
> John
>