Over on the SAMBA, check out a fellow club member's '74 restored VW for sale... He's moving from the Kenora, Ontario area and is going to need to sell it. ;-(
I've shared space on the grass at car shows with him and it's a very good car (no rust).
RESTORED '74? $8,900? Boy, I've got a '72 that's hardly even been driven. It doesn't need restoring!
Why does it strike me as just plain crazy to 'restore' a relatively recent Bug and sell it for a crazy price? Send me the addresses of those who fall short of the asking price. I'll sell for half that.
You have more than $8,900 in a '74? Well, I think year nutz. That's over the top. You could have started with an earlier model and come out the same without having that fuging ugly styling of the later Bugs. I swear some guy was given the charge of making the Bug uglier ever year.
And you are wrong about rust. My '72 has absolutely no rust. Ever.
Yes, I am nuts. However, I don't seem to an angry bitter bastard such as yourself. To put this in perspective $2800 for the car, $1400 for a new engine, $450 for the trans, $4500 into bodywork plus innumerable parts and it adds up quick.
I ain't bitter at all. $4500 for body work - well, that's where the money went. I forget that there are parts of the world were Bettles are in bad shape.
Almost funny, but I wouldn't call a Raby engine 'lame'. (You should see my Kelmark. No Bug in it.)
I got a good deal. What can I say? The PO was a compulsive neat-freak who wouldn't even drive it in the rain. It came from Utah. BTW, the two best Bugs I ever got came from Utah.
There's an Isetta for sale across the street. He wants $5500 for it. That's nutz.
Hey, what can I say. I don't like what VW did to the bugs in the Seventies. You do. Good for you.
Don't worry. You might outlive me and then when you are sixty-something you can wonder out loud why someone would "restore" a 1999 something-or-other.
where did he mention the engine...?.... "some kind of lame LOOKING sports car"....nope no references to engine at all.... come on John you are slipping...i'm worried about you...
why would i do that? its your common everyday work in progress....paint stripping/priming partially done, all trim/bumper holes/ front turn signals shaved, and gathering parts for the new stroker.... nothing special....
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