Buying a T3 syncro variant.

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Hello to intending syncro buyers, be advised ...

Forewarned is forearmed.

Doing your homework first may at first seem onerous, buying the wrong syncro variant in haste ... live to regret it. 

Hindsight is a sobering thing. Except for some, it continues forever to remind many where they went wrong during the hot and sweaty lead up time and actual committal to buying THAT particular syncro they thought at the time was THE ALL and BE ALL for the price. Hindsight often says ... I wish I'd NOT rushed in to buy ... so badly informed I was at the time!

May I suggest first "taking a Bex and a good lie down"!

Then motivate and thoroughly research this topic YOURSELF using all sources you can find, decide what features including creature comforts/mechanical wizardry are available in the various syncro van and camper variants, then decide which of those features you need, don't need or can do without.

Understand the pleasures but also the potential pitfalls ever hovering with syncro ownership, understand you may need a gold mine to upgrade and maintain it, plus lots & lots of time to not only work on it but also to figure out how it ticks.

Then be willing to spend 12 months or more researching about and looking for THAT syncro of choice based on that knowledge. Be prepared to monitor all known selling sites/forums/newspapers throughout Australia on a daily basis. Luckily it took me a mere 3 months to find mine. Understand that prices reflect the condition/features of examples for sale, not so much their age. All OZ syncros are presently around say 19 to 22 years old anyway.

Based on your research and patience, when your ideal syncro finally pops up somewhere, be prepared to move very very fast to avoid disappointment. And I mean IMMEDIATELY!

Concerning purchasing interstate syncros, difficulties may arise with ADR requirements/structurally modified examples during the blue slip inspection/re-registration stage. Do your homework first on this issue.

Even with all that, you really don't know what you've bought until you've owned it for years, driven it, been a hundred times all around it, on top of it, underneath it, head in the engine bay, head in the spare wheel bay and fiddled about with most of it. The love grows over time, based on your own blood, sweat and tears.

Any potential buyer thinking, hoping or expecting syncro ownership is a walk in the park .... expect to become disillusioned/disenchanted.

Is there any other vehicle that comes close? No.

Will VW ever make a new equivalent? No.

Do I regret buying my chosen syncro TRAKKA? Yes. I should have done more research first and waited for something similar but even better. Except it may have been dearer.

Do I love it? Yes.

Will I ever bastardise it? No. Hope you don't either.

Good luck to intending syncro buyers. Enjoy! Don't destroy!

Cheers.

Ken 






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Hello Ken,

what is the price most syncros go for in good running order?

Thanks,

Leighton

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@...> wrote:
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> Hello to intending syncro buyers, be advised ...
> Forewarned is forearmed.
> Doing your homework first may at first seem onerous, buying the wrong syncro variant in haste ... live to regret it.
> Hindsight is a sobering thing. Except for some, it continues forever to remind many where they went wrong during the hot and sweaty lead up time and actual committal to buying THAT particular syncro they thought at the time was THE ALL and BE ALL for the price. Hindsight often says ... I wish I'd NOT rushed in to buy ... so badly informed I was at the time!
> May I suggest first "taking a Bex and a good lie down"!
> Then motivate and thoroughly research this topic YOURSELF using all sources you can find, decide what features including creature comforts/mechanical wizardry are available in the various syncro van and camper variants, then decide which of those features you need, don't need or can do without.
> Understand the pleasures but also the potential pitfalls ever hovering with syncro ownership, understand you may need a gold mine to upgrade and maintain it, plus lots & lots of time to not only work on it but also to figure out how it ticks.
> Then be willing to spend 12 months or more researching about and looking for THAT syncro of choice based on that knowledge. Be prepared to monitor all known selling sites/forums/newspapers throughout Australia on a daily basis. Luckily it took me a mere 3 months to find mine. Understand that prices reflect the condition/features of examples for sale, not so much their age. All OZ syncros are presently around say 19 to 22 years old anyway.
> Based on your research and patience, when your ideal syncro finally pops up somewhere, be prepared to move very very fast to avoid disappointment. And I mean IMMEDIATELY!
> Concerning purchasing interstate syncros, difficulties may arise with ADR requirements/structurally modified examples during the blue slip inspection/re-registration stage. Do your homework first on this issue.
> Even with all that, you really don't know what you've bought until you've owned it for years, driven it, been a hundred times all around it, on top of it, underneath it, head in the engine bay, head in the spare wheel bay and fiddled about with most of it. The love grows over time, based on your own blood, sweat and tears.
> Any potential buyer thinking, hoping or expecting syncro ownership is a walk in the park .... expect to become disillusioned/disenchanted.
> Is there any other vehicle that comes close? No.
> Will VW ever make a new equivalent? No.
> Do I regret buying my chosen syncro TRAKKA? Yes. I should have done more research first and waited for something similar but even better. Except it may have been dearer.
> Do I love it? Yes.
> Will I ever bastardise it? No. Hope you don't either.
> Good luck to intending syncro buyers. Enjoy! Don't destroy!
> Cheers.
> Ken
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Leighton,

Except for those in exceptional condition and/or with provenance, $25k would be tops, most would be less. Anyone seen even one syncro actually sell in excess of $25k lately?

There are those who say prices over time will rise. I suppose they should, given all the attention some get by enthusiasts. Maybe increasing fuel prices may put paid to that notion.

Really a value is in the eye of the beholder. No two syncros are the same after 20+ years of maintenance or neglect, additions and deletions. You need to know what you want in a syncro setup then look for it patiently. To gain a feel and learn more about them, go out of your way to spend time with as many as you can and ask questions. Viewing pictures of them online isn't nearly enough. Getting to know the similarities and differences between examples will stand you in good stead for when you start getting serious about selection.

Cheers.

Ken

To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
From: smith_leighton@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:24:30 +0000
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 
Hello Ken,

what is the price most syncros go for in good running order?

Thanks,

Leighton

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@...> wrote:
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> Hello to intending syncro buyers, be advised ...
> Forewarned is forearmed.
> Doing your homework first may at first seem onerous, buying the wrong syncro variant in haste ... live to regret it.
> Hindsight is a sobering thing. Except for some, it continues forever to remind many where they went wrong during the hot and sweaty lead up time and actual committal to buying THAT particular syncro they thought at the time was THE ALL and BE ALL for the price. Hindsight often says ... I wish I'd NOT rushed in to buy ... so badly informed I was at the time!
> May I suggest first "taking a Bex and a good lie down"!
> Then motivate and thoroughly research this topic YOURSELF using all sources you can find, decide what features including creature comforts/mechanical wizardry are available in the various syncro van and camper variants, then decide which of those features you need, don't need or can do without.
> Understand the pleasures but also the potential pitfalls ever hovering with syncro ownership, understand you may need a gold mine to upgrade and maintain it, plus lots & lots of time to not only work on it but also to figure out how it ticks.
> Then be willing to spend 12 months or more researching about and looking for THAT syncro of choice based on that knowledge. Be prepared to monitor all known selling sites/forums/newspapers throughout Australia on a daily basis. Luckily it took me a mere 3 months to find mine. Understand that prices reflect the condition/features of examples for sale, not so much their age. All OZ syncros are presently around say 19 to 22 years old anyway.
> Based on your research and patience, when your ideal syncro finally pops up somewhere, be prepared to move very very fast to avoid disappointment. And I mean IMMEDIATELY!
> Concerning purchasing interstate syncros, difficulties may arise with ADR requirements/structurally modified examples during the blue slip inspection/re-registration stage. Do your homework first on this issue.
> Even with all that, you really don't know what you've bought until you've owned it for years, driven it, been a hundred times all around it, on top of it, underneath it, head in the engine bay, head in the spare wheel bay and fiddled about with most of it. The love grows over time, based on your own blood, sweat and tears.
> Any potential buyer thinking, hoping or expecting syncro ownership is a walk in the park .... expect to become disillusioned/disenchanted.
> Is there any other vehicle that comes close? No.
> Will VW ever make a new equivalent? No.
> Do I regret buying my chosen syncro TRAKKA? Yes. I should have done more research first and waited for something similar but even better. Except it may have been dearer.
> Do I love it? Yes.
> Will I ever bastardise it? No. Hope you don't either.
> Good luck to intending syncro buyers. Enjoy! Don't destroy!
> Cheers.
> Ken
>


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Ken. youre right in that few of us have paid anywhere near $25k for our syncros but i'd guess plenty of our $10k syncros would over the years owe us $25k. Anyone game enough to add up all those receipts. Bill.

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@...> wrote:
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> Leighton,
> Except for those in exceptional condition and/or with provenance, $25k would be tops, most would be less. Anyone seen even one syncro actually sell in excess of $25k lately?
> There are those who say prices over time will rise. I suppose they should, given all the attention some get by enthusiasts. Maybe increasing fuel prices may put paid to that notion.
> Really a value is in the eye of the beholder. No two syncros are the same after 20+ years of maintenance or neglect, additions and deletions. You need to know what you want in a syncro setup then look for it patiently. To gain a feel and learn more about them, go out of your way to spend time with as many as you can and ask questions. Viewing pictures of them online isn't nearly enough. Getting to know the similarities and differences between examples will stand you in good stead for when you start getting serious about selection.
> Cheers.
> Ken
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> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
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> --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@> wrote:
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> > Doing your homework first may at first seem onerous, buying the wrong syncro variant in haste ... live to regret it.
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> > Hindsight is a sobering thing. Except for some, it continues forever to remind many where they went wrong during the hot and sweaty lead up time and actual committal to buying THAT particular syncro they thought at the time was THE ALL and BE ALL for the price. Hindsight often says ... I wish I'd NOT rushed in to buy ... so badly informed I was at the time!
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> > May I suggest first "taking a Bex and a good lie down"!
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> > Then motivate and thoroughly research this topic YOURSELF using all sources you can find, decide what features including creature comforts/mechanical wizardry are available in the various syncro van and camper variants, then decide which of those features you need, don't need or can do without.
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> > Understand the pleasures but also the potential pitfalls ever hovering with syncro ownership, understand you may need a gold mine to upgrade and maintain it, plus lots & lots of time to not only work on it but also to figure out how it ticks.
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> > Then be willing to spend 12 months or more researching about and looking for THAT syncro of choice based on that knowledge. Be prepared to monitor all known selling sites/forums/newspapers throughout Australia on a daily basis. Luckily it took me a mere 3 months to find mine. Understand that prices reflect the condition/features of examples for sale, not so much their age. All OZ syncros are presently around say 19 to 22 years old anyway.
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> > Based on your research and patience, when your ideal syncro finally pops up somewhere, be prepared to move very very fast to avoid disappointment. And I mean IMMEDIATELY!
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> > Concerning purchasing interstate syncros, difficulties may arise with ADR requirements/structurally modified examples during the blue slip inspection/re-registration stage. Do your homework first on this issue.
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> > Even with all that, you really don't know what you've bought until you've owned it for years, driven it, been a hundred times all around it, on top of it, underneath it, head in the engine bay, head in the spare wheel bay and fiddled about with most of it. The love grows over time, based on your own blood, sweat and tears.
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> > Any potential buyer thinking, hoping or expecting syncro ownership is a walk in the park .... expect to become disillusioned/disenchanted.
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> > Is there any other vehicle that comes close? No.
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> > Will VW ever make a new equivalent? No.
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> > Do I regret buying my chosen syncro TRAKKA? Yes. I should have done more research first and waited for something similar but even better. Except it may have been dearer.
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> > Do I love it? Yes.
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> > Will I ever bastardise it? No. Hope you don't either.
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> > Good luck to intending syncro buyers. Enjoy! Don't destroy!
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No, leaving a paper trail will just tip off my girl SpicyT that the Syncro cost more overall than the turbo slantnosed Porker. Then I'll never hear the end of it.


BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Nov 23, 2011, at 11:21 AM, "Bill" <marg_bill@westnet.com.au> wrote:

> Ken. youre right in that few of us have paid anywhere near $25k for our syncros but i'd guess plenty of our $10k syncros would over the years owe us $25k. Anyone game enough to add up all those receipts. Bill.
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> --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@...> wrote:
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>> Leighton,
>> Except for those in exceptional condition and/or with provenance, $25k would be tops, most would be less. Anyone seen even one syncro actually sell in excess of $25k lately?
>> There are those who say prices over time will rise. I suppose they should, given all the attention some get by enthusiasts. Maybe increasing fuel prices may put paid to that notion.
>> Really a value is in the eye of the beholder. No two syncros are the same after 20+ years of maintenance or neglect, additions and deletions. You need to know what you want in a syncro setup then look for it patiently. To gain a feel and learn more about them, go out of your way to spend time with as many as you can and ask questions. Viewing pictures of them online isn't nearly enough. Getting to know the similarities and differences between examples will stand you in good stead for when you start getting serious about selection.
>> Cheers.
>> Ken
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>> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
>> From: smith_leighton@...
>> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:24:30 +0000
>> Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.
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>> --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@> wrote:
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>>> Hello to intending syncro buyers, be advised ...
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>>> Forewarned is forearmed.
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>>> Doing your homework first may at first seem onerous, buying the wrong syncro variant in haste ... live to regret it.
>>
>>> Hindsight is a sobering thing. Except for some, it continues forever to remind many where they went wrong during the hot and sweaty lead up time and actual committal to buying THAT particular syncro they thought at the time was THE ALL and BE ALL for the price. Hindsight often says ... I wish I'd NOT rushed in to buy ... so badly informed I was at the time!
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>>> May I suggest first "taking a Bex and a good lie down"!
>>
>>> Then motivate and thoroughly research this topic YOURSELF using all sources you can find, decide what features including creature comforts/mechanical wizardry are available in the various syncro van and camper variants, then decide which of those features you need, don't need or can do without.
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>>> Understand the pleasures but also the potential pitfalls ever hovering with syncro ownership, understand you may need a gold mine to upgrade and maintain it, plus lots & lots of time to not only work on it but also to figure out how it ticks.
>>
>>> Then be willing to spend 12 months or more researching about and looking for THAT syncro of choice based on that knowledge. Be prepared to monitor all known selling sites/forums/newspapers throughout Australia on a daily basis. Luckily it took me a mere 3 months to find mine. Understand that prices reflect the condition/features of examples for sale, not so much their age. All OZ syncros are presently around say 19 to 22 years old anyway.
>>
>>> Based on your research and patience, when your ideal syncro finally pops up somewhere, be prepared to move very very fast to avoid disappointment. And I mean IMMEDIATELY!
>>
>>> Concerning purchasing interstate syncros, difficulties may arise with ADR requirements/structurally modified examples during the blue slip inspection/re-registration stage. Do your homework first on this issue.
>>
>>> Even with all that, you really don't know what you've bought until you've owned it for years, driven it, been a hundred times all around it, on top of it, underneath it, head in the engine bay, head in the spare wheel bay and fiddled about with most of it. The love grows over time, based on your own blood, sweat and tears.
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>>> Any potential buyer thinking, hoping or expecting syncro ownership is a walk in the park .... expect to become disillusioned/disenchanted.
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>>> Is there any other vehicle that comes close? No.
>>
>>> Will VW ever make a new equivalent? No.
>>
>>> Do I regret buying my chosen syncro TRAKKA? Yes. I should have done more research first and waited for something similar but even better. Except it may have been dearer.
>>
>>> Do I love it? Yes.
>>
>>> Will I ever bastardise it? No. Hope you don't either.
>>
>>> Good luck to intending syncro buyers. Enjoy! Don't destroy!
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>>> Cheers.
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>>> Ken
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Ken,
 
Thanks for your knowledge and repy.
 
Regards,
 
Leighton
 
To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: unclekenz@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:44:22 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 
Leighton,

Except for those in exceptional condition and/or with provenance, $25k would be tops, most would be less. Anyone seen even one syncro actually sell in excess of $25k lately?

There are those who say prices over time will rise. I suppose they should, given all the attention some get by enthusiasts. Maybe increasing fuel prices may put paid to that notion.

Really a value is in the eye of the beholder. No two syncros are the same after 20+ years of maintenance or neglect, additions and deletions. You need to know what you want in a syncro setup then look for it patiently. To gain a feel and learn more about them, go out of your way to spend time with as many as you can and ask questions. Viewing pictures of them online isn't nearly enough. Getting to know the similarities and differences between examples will stand you in good stead for when you start getting serious about selection.

Cheers.

Ken

To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
From: smith_leighton@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:24:30 +0000
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 
Hello Ken,

what is the price most syncros go for in good running order?

Thanks,

Leighton

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello to intending syncro buyers, be advised ...
> Forewarned is forearmed.
> Doing your homework first may at first seem onerous, buying the wrong syncro variant in haste ... live to regret it.
> Hindsight is a sobering thing. Except for some, it continues forever to remind many where they went wrong during the hot and sweaty lead up time and actual committal to buying THAT particular syncro they thought at the time was THE ALL and BE ALL for the price. Hindsight often says ... I wish I'd NOT rushed in to buy ... so badly informed I was at the time!
> May I suggest first "taking a Bex and a good lie down"!
> Then motivate and thoroughly research this topic YOURSELF using all sources you can find, decide what features including creature comforts/mechanical wizardry are available in the various syncro van and camper variants, then decide which of those features you need, don't need or can do without.
> Understand the pleasures but also the potential pitfalls ever hovering with syncro ownership, understand you may need a gold mine to upgrade and maintain it, plus lots & lots of time to not only work on it but also to figure out how it ticks.
> Then be willing to spend 12 months or more researching about and looking for THAT syncro of choice based on that knowledge. Be prepared to monitor all known selling sites/forums/newspapers throughout Australia on a daily basis. Luckily it took me a mere 3 months to find mine. Understand that prices reflect the condition/features of examples for sale, not so much their age. All OZ syncros are presently around say 19 to 22 years old anyway.
> Based on your research and patience, when your ideal syncro finally pops up somewhere, be prepared to move very very fast to avoid disappointment. And I mean IMMEDIATELY!
> Concerning purchasing interstate syncros, difficulties may arise with ADR requirements/structurally modified examples during the blue slip inspection/re-registration stage. Do your homework first on this issue.
> Even with all that, you really don't know what you've bought until you've owned it for years, driven it, been a hundred times all around it, on top of it, underneath it, head in the engine bay, head in the spare wheel bay and fiddled about with most of it. The love grows over time, based on your own blood, sweat and tears.
> Any potential buyer thinking, hoping or expecting syncro ownership is a walk in the park .... expect to become disillusioned/disenchanted.
> Is there any other vehicle that comes close? No.
> Will VW ever make a new equivalent? No.
> Do I regret buying my chosen syncro TRAKKA? Yes. I should have done more research first and waited for something similar but even better. Except it may have been dearer.
> Do I love it? Yes.
> Will I ever bastardise it? No. Hope you don't either.
> Good luck to intending syncro buyers. Enjoy! Don't destroy!
> Cheers.
> Ken
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Leighton,

Here's some bedtime reading, should get you nodding off quicker than Flash Gordon  ....


Cheers.

Ken

To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: smith_leighton@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:29:42 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 

Ken,
 
Thanks for your knowledge and repy.
 
Regards,
 
Leighton
 
To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: unclekenz@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:44:22 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 
Leighton,

Except for those in exceptional condition and/or with provenance, $25k would be tops, most would be less. Anyone seen even one syncro actually sell in excess of $25k lately?

There are those who say prices over time will rise. I suppose they should, given all the attention some get by enthusiasts. Maybe increasing fuel prices may put paid to that notion.

Really a value is in the eye of the beholder. No two syncros are the same after 20+ years of maintenance or neglect, additions and deletions. You need to know what you want in a syncro setup then look for it patiently. To gain a feel and learn more about them, go out of your way to spend time with as many as you can and ask questions. Viewing pictures of them online isn't nearly enough. Getting to know the similarities and differences between examples will stand you in good stead for when you start getting serious about selection.

Cheers.

Ken

To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
From: smith_leighton@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:24:30 +0000
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 
Hello Ken,

what is the price most syncros go for in good running order?

Thanks,

Leighton

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello to intending syncro buyers, be advised ...
> Forewarned is forearmed.
> Doing your homework first may at first seem onerous, buying the wrong syncro variant in haste ... live to regret it.
> Hindsight is a sobering thing. Except for some, it continues forever to remind many where they went wrong during the hot and sweaty lead up time and actual committal to buying THAT particular syncro they thought at the time was THE ALL and BE ALL for the price. Hindsight often says ... I wish I'd NOT rushed in to buy ... so badly informed I was at the time!
> May I suggest first "taking a Bex and a good lie down"!
> Then motivate and thoroughly research this topic YOURSELF using all sources you can find, decide what features including creature comforts/mechanical wizardry are available in the various syncro van and camper variants, then decide which of those features you need, don't need or can do without.
> Understand the pleasures but also the potential pitfalls ever hovering with syncro ownership, understand you may need a gold mine to upgrade and maintain it, plus lots & lots of time to not only work on it but also to figure out how it ticks.
> Then be willing to spend 12 months or more researching about and looking for THAT syncro of choice based on that knowledge. Be prepared to monitor all known selling sites/forums/newspapers throughout Australia on a daily basis. Luckily it took me a mere 3 months to find mine. Understand that prices reflect the condition/features of examples for sale, not so much their age. All OZ syncros are presently around say 19 to 22 years old anyway.
> Based on your research and patience, when your ideal syncro finally pops up somewhere, be prepared to move very very fast to avoid disappointment. And I mean IMMEDIATELY!
> Concerning purchasing interstate syncros, difficulties may arise with ADR requirements/structurally modified examples during the blue slip inspection/re-registration stage. Do your homework first on this issue.
> Even with all that, you really don't know what you've bought until you've owned it for years, driven it, been a hundred times all around it, on top of it, underneath it, head in the engine bay, head in the spare wheel bay and fiddled about with most of it. The love grows over time, based on your own blood, sweat and tears.
> Any potential buyer thinking, hoping or expecting syncro ownership is a walk in the park .... expect to become disillusioned/disenchanted.
> Is there any other vehicle that comes close? No.
> Will VW ever make a new equivalent? No.
> Do I regret buying my chosen syncro TRAKKA? Yes. I should have done more research first and waited for something similar but even better. Except it may have been dearer.
> Do I love it? Yes.
> Will I ever bastardise it? No. Hope you don't either.
> Good luck to intending syncro buyers. Enjoy! Don't destroy!
> Cheers.
> Ken
>





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Ken,
 
Thanks for the reading.
 
regards,
 
Leighton
 
To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: unclekenz@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:52:09 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 
Leighton,

Here's some bedtime reading, should get you nodding off quicker than Flash Gordon  ....


Cheers.

Ken

To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: smith_leighton@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:29:42 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 

Ken,
 
Thanks for your knowledge and repy.
 
Regards,
 
Leighton
 
To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: unclekenz@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:44:22 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 
Leighton,

Except for those in exceptional condition and/or with provenance, $25k would be tops, most would be less. Anyone seen even one syncro actually sell in excess of $25k lately?

There are those who say prices over time will rise. I suppose they should, given all the attention some get by enthusiasts. Maybe increasing fuel prices may put paid to that notion.

Really a value is in the eye of the beholder. No two syncros are the same after 20+ years of maintenance or neglect, additions and deletions. You need to know what you want in a syncro setup then look for it patiently. To gain a feel and learn more about them, go out of your way to spend time with as many as you can and ask questions. Viewing pictures of them online isn't nearly enough. Getting to know the similarities and differences between examples will stand you in good stead for when you start getting serious about selection.

Cheers.

Ken

To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
From: smith_leighton@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:24:30 +0000
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Buying a T3 syncro variant.

 
Hello Ken,

what is the price most syncros go for in good running order?

Thanks,

Leighton

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@...> wrote:
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> Hello to intending syncro buyers, be advised ...
> Forewarned is forearmed.
> Doing your homework first may at first seem onerous, buying the wrong syncro variant in haste ... live to regret it.
> Hindsight is a sobering thing. Except for some, it continues forever to remind many where they went wrong during the hot and sweaty lead up time and actual committal to buying THAT particular syncro they thought at the time was THE ALL and BE ALL for the price. Hindsight often says ... I wish I'd NOT rushed in to buy ... so badly informed I was at the time!
> May I suggest first "taking a Bex and a good lie down"!
> Then motivate and thoroughly research this topic YOURSELF using all sources you can find, decide what features including creature comforts/mechanical wizardry are available in the various syncro van and camper variants, then decide which of those features you need, don't need or can do without.
> Understand the pleasures but also the potential pitfalls ever hovering with syncro ownership, understand you may need a gold mine to upgrade and maintain it, plus lots & lots of time to not only work on it but also to figure out how it ticks.
> Then be willing to spend 12 months or more researching about and looking for THAT syncro of choice based on that knowledge. Be prepared to monitor all known selling sites/forums/newspapers throughout Australia on a daily basis. Luckily it took me a mere 3 months to find mine. Understand that prices reflect the condition/features of examples for sale, not so much their age. All OZ syncros are presently around say 19 to 22 years old anyway.
> Based on your research and patience, when your ideal syncro finally pops up somewhere, be prepared to move very very fast to avoid disappointment. And I mean IMMEDIATELY!
> Concerning purchasing interstate syncros, difficulties may arise with ADR requirements/structurally modified examples during the blue slip inspection/re-registration stage. Do your homework first on this issue.
> Even with all that, you really don't know what you've bought until you've owned it for years, driven it, been a hundred times all around it, on top of it, underneath it, head in the engine bay, head in the spare wheel bay and fiddled about with most of it. The love grows over time, based on your own blood, sweat and tears.
> Any potential buyer thinking, hoping or expecting syncro ownership is a walk in the park .... expect to become disillusioned/disenchanted.
> Is there any other vehicle that comes close? No.
> Will VW ever make a new equivalent? No.
> Do I regret buying my chosen syncro TRAKKA? Yes. I should have done more research first and waited for something similar but even better. Except it may have been dearer.
> Do I love it? Yes.
> Will I ever bastardise it? No. Hope you don't either.
> Good luck to intending syncro buyers. Enjoy! Don't destroy!
> Cheers.
> Ken
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Yep.

$27,639.79.

Roger Beetle.