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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:46 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

I like the rear tail marker light just dangling like that...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:23 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

They painted over everything just about..... wonder how long until it starts peeling off....
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:45 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

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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... Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:19 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

No luggage seal or pop top seal is an immediate red flag.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:15 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

I don't understand the pricing on this:

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:28 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

Sure you do.
It's called "Pie in the sky".
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:37 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

Hey, it's rust free and that's all that matters.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:26 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

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
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:53 am    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

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.

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Yikes!

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

you guys from the lands of little/no rust..
that van has years of hard service left in it..
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 6:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

^^^ Indeed...Looks better than mine... Rolling Eyes

...but I paid half of that... Cool

...but mine's not a syncro... Evil or Very Mad

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

Typical oversupply of 'lifestyle' photos but not one good, well lit, close up picture of the $30k van

https://bellingham.craigslist.org/cto/6024400830.html
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

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..

of the approx ~14,233 (MV 2.1 engined US&Canada domestic market) vanagons ~2,ooo units were offered as a Syncro Westfalia.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

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?

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

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)
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

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

(I'm assuming its a total scam, of course)



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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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

Red Beard wrote:
Typical oversupply of 'lifestyle' photos but not one good, well lit, close up picture of the $30k van

https://bellingham.craigslist.org/cto/6024400830.html



interesting rack on the roof of that one, anyone know what it is?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

Red Beard wrote:
Typical oversupply of 'lifestyle' photos but not one good, well lit, close up picture of the $30k van

https://bellingham.craigslist.org/cto/6024400830.html


"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.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Official whine about Vanagon vans and parts for sale Reply with quote

[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)

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