Bought the "sister ship" to this car 9+ years ago for $500 (thanx again Garyfish!)- mine is silver. Car had 177k on it- now has 208k and has been a pleasurable car to drive- esp around town (no shifting gears- guess I'm gettin' lazy in my old age!) Main reason I bought it was it had the same headlights as my "good" '87 T4 that I had converted from A/T to M/T. Came in handy when I hit the deer with my good car and took out the left side headlight and side marker. Robbed the headlights and side markers from the silver car, and replaced them with headlights, side markers, grille, and running lights from an "84 T4 I had laying around. Also had to change the plugs for all the electrical stuff.
$3800 does sound high "tho...
if it aint there, there's a good chance it won't break!
83 SR5 Silver/Blue (Snowmobile/work beater)-totaled but drivable
85 SR5 Blue
88 SR5 White (the 'good' one)-not anymore-totaled
87 fwd silver wagon a/t
87 4wd dx Cream (a/t- not anymore- now m/t)