> From owner-vanagon@VANAGON.COM  Thu May 21 15:35:33 1998
> >Received: by adobe-uucp.corp.adobe.com; id PAA26520; Thu, 21 May 1998 15:38:44 -0700
> 1986 Vanagon Double Cab, Syncro, white, black/grey int., 2.1, p/s, tow
> package, good condition $18,500  818 453 8823
>
> There's a photo of it, it has some stripes on the side, regular mirrors,
> black steel bumpers, what appear to be 14" mags (not carat alloys) and
> square headlights.
>
This DC was for sale at the same time I bought mine -- it has been for sale
for a looong time (a year).  It had no diff lock, and there was some slight
body damage back then.  It's in OK shape.  Originally, it was for sale in
Sacramento, I think at a VW show, by the folks who drove it down from
Canada.  Then driven to LA.  It was for sale for $12k or so back then (I
paid $12,500 for the one I bought, which was a California-always dealer
truck).

I had heard Martin Schneiter had bought the truck and bumped the price
by 50%, but it must not have sold well.  Perhaps he'll take an offer on
it.  I had assumed he had bought it to fix it up -- Porsche Engine and
Brush-bars and all.  If so, then $18k might be a real bargain.  I passed on
this one (partly because the sale was pending already, presumably to Martin)
and becuase the tan one I bought was *really* prinstine and not much more.
It also had the diff-lock, rear heater and six-seat option, which my wife
really liked.  I wish mine was white...

MSDS sells Porsche-Engine install kits for Vanagons, brush-bars and the
like.  They'd be the ones to want to fix up one for showing off their
stuff at shows -- I can't understand why they don't -- perhaps there is
reason to be concerned with this truck.

The going price, even in Canada, seems to be near this level, and this
one is probably registered in California, saving lots of hassles -- I spent
nearly six months getting all the paperwork cleared on the Kombi I brought
in from Canada.

Malcolm