syncro 16 westfalia

Post by **HarryMann** » 07 Apr 2006, 21:39

C'mon on now, Terry got over £10k for his, maybe later year and less mileage, but not the same thing at all, at all...

This one's for someone who wants maybe to go on a really challenging trip, maybe down into Africa, or through Scandinavia, Finland and on to Russia - that sort of thing - and stand a damn good chance of getting back without the RAF airlifitng it out of the Khyber pass...

Post by **Horza** » 07 Apr 2006, 22:25

If your going to Russia via Finland and you get airlifted out of the Kyber Pass you want to be taking that £130 GPS back to Halfords and having a bit of a moan at the spotty oyk that sold you it!

Value of any vehicle is as always what someone is willing to pay for it. I think it is a shame when that value is effected too much by rarity or colectability, especially when these vans either two of four wheel driven still have so much practical value in them. Cherry vans are lovely to look at but I for one would like to see things like this end up in the kind of hands that will use it!

Post by **HarryMann** » 08 Apr 2006, 00:03

hehe, just dropping by Pakistan via Afghanistan on the way back, maybe on down to Bombay before turning for home?

This is an expedition vehicle methinks, so should/will get used. Nice for touring the UK too of course - which could be an expedition in itself.

Post by **KarlT** » 08 Apr 2006, 12:31

My purple 1600 76' bay got me over the Kyber pass & on to Katmandu no trouble before nipping back to Mumbai ( Bombay)

Only had to take the engine out in the Kashmir

Loads of people spend 35K on a big, heavy, trick (read complicated), tempting (to border guards/and anyone with a AK47) Landrover 127 or the like

And spend the whole trip worrying about it

There is not much 'real' terrain that a bay (maybe with a limited slip diff) wont get over.

What do you think the locals use........

For travel keep it simple.....stupid

Post by **Cate** » 09 Apr 2006, 13:28

well you cant beat that can you!

Post by **bigbluebus** » 10 Apr 2006, 08:46

No syncro you can off road is worth anything like £3k---or it wouldnt be once yerd offroaded it---

I beg to differ my good man

Post by **Diamond Hell** » 10 Apr 2006, 14:34

I think most of us would, in this case.

To have a Syncro WORTH taking off road and enjoying properly you'd have to spend over that value.... if you start to add in all of the time people have spent getting their vehicles to a state where they're seriously playable-with then you're already WAAAY over the £3.5k mark.

Preparation pays.

Post by **stuckin88** » 10 Apr 2006, 15:43

Well with vehicles this old its all a matter of luck-how much you need to spend on it to 'do it up' after yoove bought it---but--to move the disscussion on--who off roads & who green lanes?----theres a big difference in driving over large & challenging obsticals on a purpose built off road course-where you are likely to do some damage to yer bodywork----than doing a bit of driving on unmade roads----thing is-if the T3 is ever gonna become a classic its gonna be syncros---& the better looking, better condition & more loaded with expensive extras it is, the more 'valuable' & more 'classic' it will be--too good to off road at all--

Post by **Diamond Hell** » 10 Apr 2006, 15:54

Balls, Billy.

Green-laning (especially in other countries) can be far more challenging than playing on a dedicated off-road site. Far more preparation is required.

Maybe you should go have a look at some of the off road sites at their green laning galleries.

Post by **stuckin88** » 10 Apr 2006, 16:03

bigbluebus wrote:
No syncro you can off road is worth anything like £3k---or it wouldnt be once yerd offroaded it---

I beg to differ my good man

---yer missing me point bbb ---my original remark about no T3s being worth more than £3k was to do wiv folk importin crap from Geeermany & extollin their virtues as 'classic campers' etc -to double the price---obviously if yer spend £6k on instalin Bernt's finest mechnical injection tdi then the van is worth that--BUT---seein the pictures of what folk on here do with their syncro's--I would'nt wanna be payin too much for that---

Post by **stuckin88** » 10 Apr 2006, 16:06

---& Balls to you Thomas--missin me point---which is-----the more you pay for a Syncro--less inclined most folk would be to seriously off road it--

Post by **Diamond Hell** » 10 Apr 2006, 16:17

No, YOU're missing the point, Billy - the more people pay for a Syncro the more likely they are to be looking forward to doing some serious off roading in it.

Not having been to a Syncro meet and seen the sort of machinery and what it's doing you wouldn't understand.

Post by **stuckin88** » 10 Apr 2006, 16:31

--its just offroading Thomas--what part of that dont I understand?-----theres certainly a conflict regarding preserving a unique & classic vehicle & systematically wrecking it-----the answer of course it to tow your offroad syncro too meetings on a trailer towed behind your super trick syncro--