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Subject:Re: 75 ail cooled bus
From:PATT
Date:Sat, 25 Jul 1998 20:04:15 -0400

Just turned down a 78, hardly no rust but bad motor installed and
replacement motor sitting in the boot waiting for installation.  The guy
wanted 300 for everything.  He took it to the local VW garage and got 150
for it.
A note on buying old rusty vehicles:  Unless you are handy with cutting
tools and mig welders, stay away from them.  My friend spent over2k on a
paint and body job on his 74 westy.  It held up for almost a year, looks
like crap now.  I think he's still paying the cc bill.

-----Original Message-----
From: Unkaducky@AOL.COM <Unkaducky@AOL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, July 25, 1998 7:34 PM
Subject: 75 ail cooled bus

>i know this is the wrong list, but don't have the correct one for type 1's
.
>
>  ffor sale at the local st. vincent de paul, san jose, ca.
>  1975  air cooled bus, engine starts, does run, lots of body rot on the
front
>seams, left roof line where the sunroof leaked( now sealed shut with
>silicone).
>  interior : pretty rough.
>  items of note: still has original plastic vw spare tire cover, what
appears
>to be an originalroof rack that locks down on the rain gutter( painted hot
>pink).
> asking price is not firm, sticker reads 950 but while talking to the man,
he
>dropped the price to 700. so if you know what yoour talking about, you
could
>get it lower.
>  if needed, can get phone number,other info.
>ducky