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I might give him 14500 Stonesylvania Krupegs for it. Dare I ask what these people are on? It sure ain't the good stuff.

Charles of Kankakee

Maybe he thinks people still pay in Lire? Ten bucks sounds about right :)

Seriously, it could be a 1/4 mile killer but why go through the trouble of tricking out a car out and then make it look like crap? I don't get it..

Remco

:-$ Dont u get it? Its a theme car. A sleeper!

Wow -- All this time I've been working on two classic theme bugs? This must be what it feels like to have two Stradivariuses or two Rembrandts sitting around in the attic!!

Thanks for the clar-uh-fication :) Remco

I think I may need to seek professional help. I bought my '66 bug for $1500, but wouldn't even consider selling her for $2500 - even though in the first 2 months of ownership she insisted on getting a lift back home, on a rollback, (I guess she was tired) a total of 5 times! (she's spoiled) Even after 3 hours of pushing her up and back a dirt road trying to get her push-started, with my old man threatening to leave us both for good. I just hitched a ride to the nearest phone to call for a truck. After reading this post, I found myself considering whether I'd sell her for $15,000.... After about 5 minutes of pondering, reality reared it's way-too-ugly head, and I realized - I NEED HELP! ;^) ~Vicki

| > > > I had my car for sale for $2395.00 and it did not sell and had it on | > > > Ebay with a $2000 reserve and it did not sell. This guy wants $14500 | > > > for his beat up old car because he is calling it the Rat Look. I will | > > > throw some mud on my car and sell it for $10,000 as the Rat Look if | > > > this guy gets $14500 for his | > >

| > > Maybe he thinks people still pay in Lire? Ten bucks sounds about right :) | > >

| > > Seriously, it could be a 1/4 mile killer but why go through the trouble of | > > tricking out a car out and then make it look like crap? | > > I don't get it.. | > >

| > > Remco |

It's ugly, but it runs like a mink.

..............Yeah. And running the quarter in the 12's with a bug doesn't come cheap.

If I had your money, I'd buy it.

Professional help? Nah, all you need is a little time, a good repair manual, some decent tools, a direct line to Speedy Jim or Jan and you'll figure out what to do so she won't leave you stranded again....

Oh, you meant the "other" kind of "professional help"? :) I think someone willing to pay $15000 for a bug needs professional help. So, when this person comes up to you to buy your bug, ask him where he goes. Anyone asking that kind of money probably needs help too because you can't get back what you stuck in the project.

If someone offered me $15000 for one of my bugs, I'd sell it - Sure! I might need professional help for liking my bug but am not insane: This way I can get another basketcase bug but this time will be able to buy whatever I need in one shot! (Of course, I'd probably have to use some of that $15000 to move -- don't want a nut case like that knowing where I live.. :)

Even if I decided to not sell, I'd still need help. Let me know if you find a good head shrinker. :)

Remco

Ok, I can understand that this bug may be fast. I also get the concept of sleepers: Seen crappy looking GTOs beat nice shiney, souped up, nossed out Integras.

But isn't a bug a sleeper already, regardless of whether it looks like crap or not? Most people will not expect a bug (in whatever shape) beat another 1/4 mile racer.

I'd be more impressed if it has muscle and looks great. This bug has what looks like rust under the hood -- that's just sloppy.

Remco

.............So you don't like the rat look. To each his own. I learned to drive when I was a kid in my dad's beat up looking '52 Oldsmobile that had spray paint of several different shades in various places where the metal had been hammerd back into shape and peeling paint on the hood from an engine fire. But it also had a J-2 engine with an Iskederian solid lifter cam from a wrecked '57 Olds which had the factory option in '57 for stock car racing. My dad put in a single bucket seat after removing the original seats front and back so that no one could endanger themselves by riding in it with me. It was crappy looking but plenty fast and I can't tell you how many of my friends wished that it was theirs.

After many many long seconds of researching, I FOUND YOUR OLD CAR!!!

............The engine was from a '57. The car was a '52 Olds and it looked a little like this one:

timmy

..............But if you don't like the rat look, here's a nice one:

Beauty!

.........Here's another nice one:

I don't think you need help, Vicki. I think you've been bitten by the Bug bug, that's all. I talk to my cars, hug them, praise them, spoil them where I can. Of course, my mental stability can always be called into question. But really, if you had... say... 10 cars sitting in your yard, THEN I would say you needed help. Or I'd call you Jan. Either way. :D

So have you named your baby yet?

K.

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| | I don't think you need help, Vicki. I think you've been bitten by the | Bug bug, that's all. I talk to my cars, hug them, praise them, spoil | them where I can. Of course, my mental stability can always be called | into question. | But really, if you had... say... 10 cars sitting in your yard, THEN I | would say you needed help. Or I'd call you Jan. Either way. :D | | So have you named your baby yet? | | K.

Hi Kidd - Well, I didn't actually name her - she told me what her name was. Lelu Blue. (still think I don't need help?) I talk to her every time I'm near her. I pet her, hug her, give her words of encouragement, buy her jewelry & pick flowers for her - basically treat her like the beauty that she is. At the moment there are only 5 vehicles in the driveway, but there have been 3 others sold recently. So at 8, I guess I was still within legal limits of sanity. But Lelu is the only VW, so in a way, I only have one car! Maybe there is hope for me yet. Hubby (reading over my shoulder) just said "probably not". What does he know - he's been wanting me to sell her since she started leaving us stranded everywhere. The way I see it, every car I've owned has left me stranded at some point - at least she's easy to push, and with the attention she gets, it's usually not hard to find someone willing to help her out when she needs it. I told him that even if she dies completely, she'll just be a huge planter for the yard! How can anyone ever sell their own child?!!?! ~Vicki