Because people bought Air Cooled vans and dumped tons of Cash into them and realize that the WBX was way more reliable and had heat and are now taking a haircut. No one really sets out to buy an AC Vanagon on purpose. They just don’t realize the difference, the mechanics are happy to work on a van and let people spend 30K on a van that may be worth 10K with the wind at your back at best.
          Of course this is my opinion and others may differ, but I am not far from the truth.
    
                                    Stacy 

                             

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> On Jul 8, 2019, at 5:10 PM, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> There are 18 Vanagons on FB Marketplace within driving distance of me.
> Twelve of them are air-cooled. Overall, the air-cooled Vanagons are in
> nicer shape, at least body-wise, than their later-model counterparts.
> 
> Why would this be? Is it simply that they were off the road for so long
> because of their reliability, or are there just more people around who can
> work on an air-cooled VW van?
> 
> Jim