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Subject:Re: FS: 1983 Westy Project for $350
From:Tom Buese
Date:Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:55:16 -0600

On Jul 7, 2008, at 9:39 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 7/6/08 6:37:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> vanagons@COX.NET
> writes:
>
>
>> Folks,
>> Sorry for the blatant salesmanship, but wanted to offer her to
>> someone
>> on the List first!
>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=489776
>> She's near Hartford, CT., and goes to the first cash paying buyer!
>> Will give it two days on the List, then will drop the Samba price
>> as well.
>> You can drive her home, if you can skip third gear (shifter
>> bushings).
>> Please try not to write me with a lot of questions, yes there is
>> rust.
>> Thanks for the bandwidth,
>> Doug in CT
>>
>
> doug.. your insane.   scrap metal is way up.  you can get $700 for
> this if
> you drive it to the scrapyard at the scales, and they dont care if
> the tranny is
> bad..
>
> hell, ill drive up,  strip all the westy stuff off, and then take
> it to the
> scrapyard and still get more than $600 for it at the scales..
>
> think about it..

What's a couple of hundred dollars more for scrap compared to a
running westy on the road?
& Craig deserves it!

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

>
> chris
>
>
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