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levi Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 5522 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:46 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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I like the rear tail marker light just dangling like that... _________________ One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16474 Location: Brookeville, MD
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Jake de Villiers Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2007 Posts: 5911 Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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RainierSyncro wrote: |
Here's a pic of the knoxville Westy. Did they paint over a sagging slider door seal?
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Why wouldn't they? They didn't remove the service covers or even tape up the windshield washer nozzles... _________________ '84 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX
'86 Westy Weekender Poptop/2.5 Subaru/5 Speed Posi/Audi Front Brakes/16 x 7 Mercedes Wheels - answers to 'Dixie'
@jakedevilliersmusic1
http://sites.google.com/site/subyjake/mydixiedarlin%27
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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RCB Samba Member
Joined: September 05, 2005 Posts: 4143 Location: San Francisco-Bay Area
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:19 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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No luggage seal or pop top seal is an immediate red flag. |
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Wasted youth Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 5134 Location: California's Hot and Smoggy Central Valley
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levi Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 5522 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:28 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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Sure you do.
It's called "Pie in the sky". _________________ One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4485 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:37 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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Hey, it's rust free and that's all that matters. _________________ '87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic |
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bobbyblack Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2015 Posts: 4333 Location: United States, Iowa
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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A syncro? near Chicago.. Looks pretty rusty, but I bet the seller gets close to the asking price eventually (6500)
https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/6017188077.html _________________ '87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch |
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RainierSyncro Samba Member
Joined: February 26, 2013 Posts: 806 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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Here's pictures of the Chicago Syncro mentioned above. Looks ok from 10 feet, then you see the real horror. Non-locker version. Looks like we may have a donor van here, but not at $6,500.
Yikes!
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15129 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:46 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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you guys from the lands of little/no rust..
that van has years of hard service left in it.. _________________
Abscate wrote: |
These are the reasons we have words like “wanker” |
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dhaavers Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2010 Posts: 7733 Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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^^^ Indeed...Looks better than mine...
...but I paid half of that...
...but mine's not a syncro...
- Dave _________________ 86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS> |
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Red Beard Samba Member
Joined: May 09, 2006 Posts: 463 Location: Seattle, WA
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15129 Location: Syracuse, NY
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86scotty Samba Member
Joined: July 25, 2013 Posts: 223 Location: Tennessee
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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Worth 30k though?
240,000 miles
faded trim (note mirrors)
admitted seam rust issues
T-molding coming off everywhere
And they can't even find one hubcap to advertise a 30k van?
_________________ 86 Vanagon Westfalia 87k
1998 Ford E350 4x4 camper build
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bobbyblack Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2015 Posts: 4333 Location: United States, Iowa
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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Saw this at 11 am. Was going to drive to Rochester MN and buy it, but got a strange email back saying it wasn't in Rochester MN, it was in Nebraska.. If this is not a scam, then someone in Nebraska will have a very nice ride by noon tomorrow...
https://rmn.craigslist.org/cto/6027559278.html
(I'm assuming its a total scam, of course) _________________ '87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch |
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WestyWanter Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2017 Posts: 459 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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bobbyblack wrote: |
Saw this at 11 am. Was going to drive to Rochester MN and buy it, but got a strange email back saying it wasn't in Rochester MN, it was in Nebraska.. If this is not a scam, then someone in Nebraska will have a very nice ride by noon tomorrow...
https://rmn.craigslist.org/cto/6027559278.html
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There was like 6 different ads posted of this same van for 2k, one was an hour away from me an i flipped but... anything thats too good to be true is well too good to be true sadface... |
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xoo00oox Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2010 Posts: 2672 Location: East Nassau, NY
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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interesting rack on the roof of that one, anyone know what it is? |
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gregaz Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2012 Posts: 407 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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Bid on this, and won the online auction at $3,300, but then someone outbid me and it sold for $4,800. https://www.copart.com/lot/44015446/
I just wanted the Bostig conversion, and possibly some other parts (wheels, pop-top, Westy cabinets, etc) - was hoping that someone would be scared away by the weird Ford engine in there, but nope - someone knew EXACTLY what this was and scooped it up. Oh well ...
I suppose it didn't help that someone did an entire flipping YouTube walkthrough video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWba836pupI |
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jimf909 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 7402 Location: WA/ID
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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"We just took this van on a 1700+ mile road trip deep into BC and Alberta".
Hmmm, that gets them to Dawson Creek and Edmonton. That's a nice two day ride on a motorcycle. _________________ - Jim
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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Energy Concepts Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2007 Posts: 352 Location: Yacolt, WA
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale |
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[quote="danfromsyr"]well it probably smells like the outdoors & wet labrador
they're selling the lifestyle for $30k, the van is just a bonus parting gift.
but if a true Syncro Westfalia. that's a rare bird..
Sold my 87 True Westy Syncro for $25K
Ton of work into it too !!!
Well,,, it was in about 2009 ;o)
JC... |
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