NPC - Ye Olde Vanagon Thread, Let's (try to) rebuild a WBX engine |
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NPC - Ye Olde Vanagon Thread, Let's (try to) rebuild a WBX engine |
Chris H. |
Feb 18 2015, 10:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,027 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Saw this over on Pelican....these guys seem to be very committed to RELIABLE swaps... love the passion! The Focus engine is only 130 HP stock but pretty cool. Which way does the Zetec spin?
Bostig Just thought there are a lot of Vanagon fans here who might like to see this. If you have never done a swap you might think the complete kit less engine, ECU and power steering pump is expensive @ $6k to which I say (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) . |
Chris H. |
Mar 11 2015, 07:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,027 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
You saw the ad right?
"This Van is really special. " It's SPECIAL. C'mon! Yeah for $109k....hmmmm...I'm not buying a Vanagon. No question it's a nice one though. Love the color and '80's graphics. I'll take a worn one too...for 1/10th the price. |
Tom_T |
Mar 11 2015, 02:25 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
You saw the ad right? "This Van is really special. " It's SPECIAL. C'mon! Yeah for $109k....hmmmm...I'm not buying a Vanagon. No question it's a nice one though. Love the color and '80's graphics. I'll take a worn one too...for 1/10th the price. He'll get close to it I'll bet! Go to the GoWesty website & look at their current & past sales history on restored Vano's & Westies. Although prices dipped during the "Great Recession" 2008-13-ish, they're back on track again, & Syncro Westies typically were selling for nearly $100k before the crash! .... & will again soon IMHO. So all the other 2WD & AT Westies, Weekenders, etc. will also go up respectively. Don't believe what you see for prices on NADA, KBB, Edmunds, etc. for the Vano Westies, Dokas, Synchros, etc. - cuz they're only covering the non-restored ones which are mostly POS's, DDs or project cars! That's why I wasn't too unhappy when I had to move our Westy's resto up in front of my 914 when my wife got clipped in the Westy & the original paint clear coat was failing & the spot repair wouldn't adhere or last properly. The Westy is worth more done than my `73 914-2.0 when done & until 914 prices come up a bit more than already. I still need to get an "official" appriasal on our Westy, but several value estimates are that it's easily in the $35-50k+ range now, & could go to $50-70k-ish when we get the GoWesty 2.5L in there (waiting for it's next need to rebuild the heads or whatever for that). Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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