DOH! You never mentioned the British cars. No wife can survive four
British car projects.

Forget the Vanagon - you're on double-secret probation for life!

Jeff

On Dec 20, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Mark L. Hineline wrote:

> All true. But now imagine that your spouse has been through three or
> four MGs and a couple of VW buses. You want a Vanagon. She says
> "fine, as long it's not a project." Price doesn't matter -- having
> engine parts in the dishwasher DOES matter. AMHIK.
>
> Born in Maine - Live in CA
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Jeffrey Vickers wrote:
>
>> Here's the glass half full scenario:
>>
>> Spend $400 on a round trip ticket from Boston to CA, buy a $5000 rust
>> free, functioning van and put it on a truck for $1000. You're back in
>> Boston for less than $6500 and you've got a rust-free van that needs
>> nothing.
>>
>> There's two, high mileage rust-free vans on SF Craigslist for $1500.
>> There's also an engine for $800. A total of 8 vans up there right
>> now,
>> all for less than $3000. I spent all of two minutes to find those.
>>
>> Or... you could leave our rust-free vans here and help the auto body
>> guys in Boston make their boat payments.
>>
>> Born in MA - Live in CA,
>> Jeff
>>
>>
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