How much did you pay for your bus?

Square73 · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:19 am Post subject:

Here's my $900 74 Westy. Complete interior, needs new canvas & the usual freshening up.

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lowbay · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:26 am Post subject:

$8.95 (cost of a 12 pack of Hienikin) $60 for two nights at a motel 6, didnt want the guy living in it to be homeless lol...

so i guess i paid $68.95 for my 72' Deluxe
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AB westy nut · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am Post subject:

$6500 for my all original, all complete, one owner 1976 Westy Deluxe. Probably paid too much as it needs a bit of cosmetic TLC, but I love it!

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redwagon · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:50 pm Post subject:

I paid $2500 for my panel. I offered the guy $2000 but he wouldn't budge.

Vamstad · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:55 pm Post subject:

$7500 - a couple of years ago - just before the economy took a dump

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ewdb92 · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject:

afhusband wrote:

808OvalGreasemonkey · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:52 pm Post subject:

I paid $9500.00 for this,the guy wanted 11k!!
Everything is expensive in Hawaii!
Average 3 bedroom house is 650K! I'm gonna live in this bus instead.

Zelten · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:50 am Post subject:

I feel like I paid a lot for mine (4K) after seeing what some of you guys have paid but I think I got a good deal. Mine still has to original paint and very little rust. She has most everything she came with stock (all curtains, rear mosquito net, even the original fire extinguisher) but it was missing both tables, the child cot and the stool. I also had to replace the shocks and put new tires on her and I changed most of the fuel line (I haven't gotten behind the firewall yet) and had the fuel injectors cleaned. I also put Vanagon seats in and new carpet and some other little details. The original tent is still usable but I did buy a new one to replace it when I get the chance. I'm in it for a little over 5K now with no regrets.

This is what the floor looks like under the capet.

bajafreaks · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:42 am Post subject:

Paid $1500.00 and dumped about 10k into the restoration.

camit34 · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:10 pm Post subject:

My son saved for 8 months (14 years old) and paid $500 on his 15th B-Day in May of '10 for this '71 Deluxe.

It sat right here in this field for "more then 15 years" according the PO's 40 year old son

Loading it on the trailer

The happy new owner on his 15th B-Day

He couldn't wait to start on it

Paid $3800 back in '98 for this '67 Freedom Camper and sold it for $6500 in '07

Paid $500 for my '71 Westy when I bought it from my Aunt & Uncle (the OG PO's) back in '92...Me back in '92...

Her now with the top off and interior out...F'n field rodents took over every tiny place they could

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chazz79 · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:45 pm Post subject:

I traded this even up

It's an 86 xt600 worth in the neighborhood of 1800.00

I got this bus in running condition with 2 westy interiors, 1 passenger interior, basically two more vanloads of crap to go with it.

condition recieved

current condition (minus a few recent additions)
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Ollin · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:12 pm Post subject:

I got mine for $100 on Jan, 29 2010.

unloading her

and one year later

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78Kombi · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:10 am Post subject:

merlinj79 · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:24 pm Post subject:

$1200 in 2001. No rust, apparently had been garaged in AZ. The condition of the rubber supported that claim. No rust, fully functional. It got paint and some interior refurb shortly after these were taken.

I probably have $8000 in it now.

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moxnix · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:45 pm Post subject:

Spent $1200 in '98 - missing the poptop and most camping interior, spraybomb paint job - Big $ back then but I jumped at it cause was a San Diego bus with no Midwest style rot underneath (but plenty in the front floors )

$3k in paint and body work in '99 (which needs to be done again)

from 2 summers ago:

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Saraj · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:10 pm Post subject:

paid $1500 for mine in 2007, cost me probably about another $2000 to get it to me here in England.

had most of an early Westy inerior and a knackered Engine

approx $150 for an engine, and maybe $400 to get it up together, legal and back on the road.

front end was smashed up and full of bondo

straightened out now, cost $0 but hours and hours of work

built some new units for inside as I didn't like the Westy stuff, the wardrobe creates a massive blind spot as we drive on the wrong side of the road

Took him round the Formula 1 race track at Spa in Belgium last summer

Will be giving him a full respray once I've finished all the prep on another bus at work

volksterii · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:57 am Post subject:

The guy wanted $100 but I offered $50 and he took it. I drove it home 30 miles. Since then I have installed a new engine. I bought the bus back in 1999. It was a complete bus.

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joshuabozarth · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:54 pm Post subject:

Whitley · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject:

I bought it for $2900 in 2003, sold it for $3900 in 2004, bought it back for $2500 in 2008, spent about $9000 on her restoration. Nearly have enough saved now for a nice new engine. Then she'll finally be ready to go.

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bugger101 · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:17 pm Post subject:


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