On Mon, 8 Jun 1998 LSheeley@AOL.COM wrote:

> Need help on an 87 GL  Vanagon full camper. Just divorced young woman needs to
> "liquidate some assets" and org. asked $7,900--is now $6.900 and says she
> wants high $5K for it.
>
> I want Auto, AC, reasonable appearance. 2 out of 3  is not bad (body dings).
>
> Good stuff:  Maroon color/silver interior. Camper inside looks good and she
> says the stove/frig works. (She also says the AC works great, but the belt is
> off 'cause she never uses it).  Had a $2K rebuild at indepedant import shop.
>
> Bad stuff:  141K miles on odo. The engine is nasty dirty to have been
> "rebuilt" only 10K ago. She doesn/t have receipt for r/b but said the shop
> would give her a copy. Wonder about the AC. Needs all 4 tires. Has cracked w/s
> on passenger side. No hub caps. Rear bumper dented. Missing both front bumper
> end caps. Corner dings on almost all 4 corners. 2 locations of seam rust with
> apparent poor matching of respray.
>
> She thinks its worth high $5K. Got any suggestions for it's real worth?  She
> claims the dealer she bought it from said it books at high $7's.
     Tell her she can keep it for that price. TO much going wrong.
12          years             old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
141k        miles      !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Better yet Tell her to give it back to the owner!
      The person she stole it from! Her old man!
                                         Eric