John vwbus@mindspring.co writes:

"I made no claim to condition, but in point of fact have passed on 2
seperate
vans in excellent condition at the $3500 mark after my extensive inspection
but upon deciding from my Quatum 4wd experience I did not want to get into
90k plus mile cars no matter how nice they appeared.  One in fact had a
just
Weddle rebuilt tranny only 15k from rebuild, I thought very hard but saved
my money.  I have seen quite a few (4-5) go at auction for $3k or so even,
appeared very nice, but at auction you never know . . . Campers I
understand, passenger vans, you guys
better hope you can keep that artificially inlfated value going till you
sell, and that better be quick on a 11 year old van."

"Artificially inflated"??? My '87 Syncro with 59k miles lists at over
$11,000/Blue Book.

That $3,000 Vanagon you see at the auction just might need $4,000 in
repairs.

Keep in mind "You get what you pay for".

My 2�.

Michael Vickey

The VW Van collection:
84 Wolfsburg blue (parts)
85 DblCab Pickup light gray
87 Syncro #1 Wolfram gray
87 Syncro #2 Dove blue
87 Syncro #3 Wolfram gray (fs)
87 GL brown
88 DblCab Pickup slate blue
91 GL Camper Orly blue
93 Eurovan MV Tornado red