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thewump
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 Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:30 am Post subject: Anyone know this Denver Colorado Van (and tranny) history? |
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Hi All,
Wondering if anyone recognizes this van. I pulled the tranny yesterday and as you can see it is super clean, so potentially a recent rebuild.
Would love to know more information if anyone recognizes it.
TIA
K
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Sir Sam
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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is that at the pull'n'save in aurora?
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onwardtothestars
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looks like pull and save to me...
on my way there asap
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thewump
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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Yes. Pull n Save. I have the tranny though.
A buddy and I grabbed various bits and pieces but there is still a lot on it.
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The race is on...
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Sir Sam
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Yes. Pull n Save. I have the tranny though.
A buddy and I grabbed various bits and pieces but there is still a lot on it.
K |
It have power winders?
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joetiger
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Just got back from the yard, thought I'd give a rundown.
Body's in good shape except the right rear quarter, all suspension bits are there, the front seats and door cards are just about perfect (blue/light blue checker-looking interior), middle bench and rear non-bed bench in good shape. The dash is the old style, dirty but didn't appear to have cracks. It's got the non-power steering wheel, bigger than a power wheel and in decent shape. The upper grill is good as well. The motor is intact. It also has the overhead front A/C.
I went out there on the off chance that the rear bumper was in better shape than mine, and it actually was. It had been hit and was a bit wrinkly, but not nearly as bad as mine. I pulled it and walked in to pay, and was told that it would require me forking over $55 American Dollars,  non-negotiable. I promptly returned it to the yard. It's crazy, they have always had great prices there, but that was not a good price, at least not for a cheap bastard like myself.
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thewump
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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That's wild. The tranny was $100.
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drew34k
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No pwr windows.
Seems to me I'd heard the changed their prices in the last year or so.
I used to go there every couple weeks to get mk2 golf/jet bits and the prices this time were I'd say at least 50% higher. Of course it always seems like it just depends on who rings you up... |
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thewump
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Yeah, I lived off that place and ebay for a while back in 2001/2002 and loved that the pricelist was on the website. No more.
Still - can't beat $100 for a tranny.
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joetiger
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I think they just have a flat rate for "bumper covers" so they charge the same thing for a 25 year-old dented up sheet of chrome-plated steel that they do for those big plastic covers that are on newer vehicles.
That's a great deal on the transmission though.
Does anybody else ever get bummed out when you see a completely save-able Vanagon in a yard? Granted, it rarely happens anymore, but still...
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Just think about all the perfect splitties that went to the crusher years back. Makes ya sick. They were sitting on a gold mine and didn't even know it.
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Does anybody else ever get bummed out when you see a completely save-able Vanagon in a yard? Granted, it rarely happens anymore, but still... |
I remember a lot of Westies going through the pull and save (the pick and pull)
some with obvious engine fires, but back then a Syncro was a expensive dream and a normal vanagon was nothing but a slow brick to me.
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Sir Sam
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Yeah, I lived off that place and ebay for a while back in 2001/2002 and loved that the pricelist was on the website. No more.
Still - can't beat $100 for a tranny.
K |
Dude, me too. Still do as a matter of fact being a college student, pulled many axles, mirrors, and other things I knew I could resell.
I don't go to that pull'n'save much anymore, after getting surprised by the prices on some things like that.
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| Does anybody else ever get bummed out when you see a completely save-able Vanagon in a yard? Granted, it rarely happens anymore, but still... |
Only if its a westy. Non-westy's are only good for westy donor parts in my mind.
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| I pulled it and walked in to pay, and was told that it would require me forking over $55 American Dollars, non-negotiable. |
I'm sure this ain't your first rodeo, but always negotiate the price BEFORE you pull a part.
I've found that parts are magically worth a lot more once they have been detached from the vehicle. They assume that since you've already put in the work to pull it, they can get a little gouge in. |
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joetiger
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I'm sure this ain't your first rodeo, but always negotiate the price BEFORE you pull a part.
I've found that parts are magically worth a lot more once they have been detached from the vehicle. They assume that since you've already put in the work to pull it, they can get a little gouge in. |
This place is two miles from my house, and I've been going there for six years or so. There has never been any need to negotiate in the past; everything's always been very cheap.
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'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32
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Sir Sam
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| I pulled it and walked in to pay, and was told that it would require me forking over $55 American Dollars, non-negotiable. |
I'm sure this ain't your first rodeo, but always negotiate the price BEFORE you pull a part.
I've found that parts are magically worth a lot more once they have been detached from the vehicle. They assume that since you've already put in the work to pull it, they can get a little gouge in. |
Fixed price list. They don't make up a part price on the spot, they pull it from the list.
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I'm sure this ain't your first rodeo, but always negotiate the price BEFORE you pull a part.
I've found that parts are magically worth a lot more once they have been detached from the vehicle. They assume that since you've already put in the work to pull it, they can get a little gouge in. |
This place is two miles from my house, and I've been going there for six years or so. There has never been any need to negotiate in the past; everything's always been very cheap. |
Gotcha - back in TX and around here before land values priced all the chopshops out of the market, it was usually up to the discretion of whoever was behind the counter at the time and there was always haggle room. |
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you pull a part...
they pick a price!
Or so the old adage goes. 
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