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McVanagon
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Joined: February 19, 2007
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Location: Northern part of the Virginia
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FOR Sale:
Adult driven 2006 Toyota Vanagin Westphalia Synchro. This is the full weekender with all the goodies; stove, fridge, and sink".
I'm selling because: wife says it has to go (aka wife- wins ya know). Also, I need money for school, and I really don’t use it anymore. That being said, it runs great, however, the camping gear is all there, but I have never used them, so I do not know if they work." I think it even had a frame off restoration done to it by the previous owner.
It is fully equipped with air-conditioning, but I do not know if it works. It leaks some coolant, but you do not need to worry because they all do that. The body is in mint condition except for some minor surface rust.
The vehicle has 567,233 original miles on the original aircooled waterboxer engine. Although this is a lot of miles there is no need to really be concerned because those miles are 90 percent highway miles. |
What, no price?
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wolfej1
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Joined: August 15, 2005
Posts: 679
Location: North Royalton, Ohio
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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FOR Sale:
Adult driven 2006 Toyota Vanagin Westphalia Synchro. This is the full weekender with all the goodies; stove, fridge, and sink".
I'm selling because: wife says it has to go (aka wife- wins ya know). Also, I need money for school, and I really don’t use it anymore. That being said, it runs great, however, the camping gear is all there, but I have never used them, so I do not know if they work." I think it even had a frame off restoration done to it by the previous owner.
It is fully equipped with air-conditioning, but I do not know if it works. It leaks some coolant, but you do not need to worry because they all do that. The body is in mint condition except for some minor surface rust.
The vehicle has 567,233 original miles on the original aircooled waterboxer engine. Although this is a lot of miles there is no need to really be concerned because those miles are 90 percent highway miles. |
What, no price? |
oops....
This fine vehicle is now available at GoWesty for $123,500. |
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shenan-agon
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Joined: May 11, 2005
Posts: 423
Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| On a sub-$1000 "1979" Vanagon in the local Craiglist today: "LIKE NEW" |
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oasis
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Joined: December 12, 2002
Posts: 2168
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I like when the what-it-needs portion is just a $10 fix that the seller hadn't gotten to yet ... but earlier or later in the ad he admits to not have driven it in months.
How 'bout "Too much to list" ... then says, e-mail or call for the list.
Right up there with "don't know if a/c works" is "just needs a charge." Yeah, right. A $500 charge for a new compressor.
And then there's the sad "too many projects" reason for letting it go. Translation: Too daunting of a project for seller to figure out.
"My loss is your gain."
"The odometer just stopped last week."
"Just needs a tune-up."
"Appraised at $50,000."
"Needs TLC" ... which apparently it never got before.
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kevinbassplayer
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Joined: June 15, 2006
Posts: 1041
Location: Nor-Cal
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| wolfej1 wrote: |
FOR Sale:
Adult driven 2006 Toyota Vanagin Westphalia Synchro. This is the full weekender with all the goodies; stove, fridge, and sink".
I'm selling because: wife says it has to go (aka wife- wins ya know). Also, I need money for school, and I really don’t use it anymore. That being said, it runs great, however, the camping gear is all there, but I have never used them, so I do not know if they work." I think it even had a frame off restoration done to it by the previous owner.
It is fully equipped with air-conditioning, but I do not know if it works. It leaks some coolant, but you do not need to worry because they all do that. The body is in mint condition except for some minor surface rust.
The vehicle has 567,233 original miles on the original aircooled waterboxer engine. Although this is a lot of miles there is no need to really be concerned because those miles are 90 percent highway miles. |
I laughed so hard my stomach hurt!  |
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levi
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Joined: February 11, 2005
Posts: 5522
Location: Las Vegas
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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And then there's the sad "too many projects" reason for letting it go. Translation: Too daunting of a project for seller to figure out.
"My loss is your gain."
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In some cases this is true though...
Look at the syncro with 2.5 installed that went up for sale on Samba a week or so ago....for $2500. |
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McVanagon
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Joined: February 19, 2007
Posts: 1684
Location: Northern part of the Virginia
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Raise your hand if you drive something that in any way resembles any of these remarks.......
You can't see me, but I'm raising one a little bit.....
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mcsyncro
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Joined: September 23, 2005
Posts: 193
Location: wherever subarus aren't
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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i like "doctor owned". i actually saw an ad for a volkswagon vanagone
that said, "body very nice before it got wrecked" |
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usedcarr
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Joined: May 04, 2006
Posts: 67
Location: Calabasas CA
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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wolfej, PM me, I am interested in getting your van! Would you take payments? Interested ina a trade, I have an old fish tank and some sneakers you might be into to take a little off the price. 
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tikibus
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Joined: July 07, 2006
Posts: 834
Location: Rochester, NY
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 12:00 am Post subject: |
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Wait a minute...
I've got a stack Peanut Butter Jars with the first 3 #'s 211...
also a Yugo that's pristine.
Parked right along side the Geo Tracker.
Willing to trade for a copy of Dick's Picks V.4
Pick-up only.
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Tomswesty
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Joined: July 06, 2005
Posts: 194
Location: Moscow, ID
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| This has a Brand new Go Westy 6.2 litter motor |
Now that is something really special and well worth the money.
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McVanagon
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Joined: February 19, 2007
Posts: 1684
Location: Northern part of the Virginia
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| This has a Brand new Go Westy 6.2 litter motor |
Now that is something really special and well worth the money. |
I was thinking the same thing....
Then I read it again, and thought it could either be a really big motor, or a really big catbox....
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Gauche1968
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Joined: April 13, 2006
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Here are a few more:
"The engine is leaking coolant, BUT it has a brand new stereo with remote!"
"The pop-top canvass has a slight tear"
"Brand New tires w/only 50,000 miles on them" |
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2Dokas
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Joined: October 09, 2004
Posts: 752
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: |
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From a local Craigs list
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| It is pretty used up and old in the inside. We had the van for sale before but we couln't find the pink slip and now we have it. We could post pictures but the pictures make the van look better than reality |
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flyingCoyote
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Joined: January 14, 2006
Posts: 514
Location: Burp Hollow, OR
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: Favorite Vanagon for Sale Ad Quotes |
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Here's one from Craigslist today:
Wow...musta been a Vanagon prototype, but hey, the fire was 'small', just needs easy stuff like rewiring...and presumably fuel lines...
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Captain Pike
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Joined: December 30, 2003
Posts: 3342
Location: Talos IV, Piedmont Arizona
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Has anyone actually SOLD any Vanagons on ebay?
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59 Panel bus, 1966 Single cab. 73' 181. 73 Westy. 91' H6 Vanagon 3.3L.
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kevinbassplayer
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Joined: June 15, 2006
Posts: 1041
Location: Nor-Cal
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I BOUGHT mine on e-bay |
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levi
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Location: Las Vegas
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone actually SOLD any Vanagons on ebay? |
Yeah, I did...
86 westy with a suby 2.2
Put an ad here for 8500...one response, but nothing came of it
Put an ad in local papers...no response
Put an ad in Car Trader (from San Diego to S.L.O) no response
Put it on ebay, and it went for over 12,000 |
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kevinbassplayer
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Posts: 1041
Location: Nor-Cal
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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Just saw this for a 1987 westy:
NEW UPGRADED Engine, from a 1.9L to a 2.1L for increased response |
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Captain Pike
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Posts: 3342
Location: Talos IV, Piedmont Arizona
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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2 for me
83 diesel westy 5 speed $7100
84 westy $5300
the 85 may be done in the next month,right now I'm immersed in body work
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