Re: [T3] Is this a good deal?

["Drake ." <vw_type3@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>>I noticed this on the type3 website classifieds.  It is only about 15
> minutes from me.  I don't know if the seller is on the list, but what >does
> everyone think about the price, etc, for this one?  I am trying to keep
> myself from going for a test drive <grin>, but I may cave yet!
> http://www.type3.org/classifieds/list.cgi/scr.1029532666.12152.html

> Lori E
> San Jose, CA


It NEVER hurts to go check something out, BUT if I recall correctly this 
would be your first aircooled? At any rate the ole rust meter on that car 
looks like its pretty high.

If you go look at the car, wear something you dont mind crawling on the 
ground in, inspect the thing all over. Lift up the rear seat and look at the 
pan underneath, also if you can move the batter some and look around it. 
Take the battery out of the car if you can and check under it.

Also lift up the carpeting on the floor, especially in front of the rear 
seat and check the floor. Inspect the door jambs, the A pillar looks like it 
might be rusty.  Check the fender wells especially at the bottom where the 
pan joins the body. Open the rear hatch and inspect the very rear of the 
area. There is a little lip (inside of the car) at the rear, you may have to 
pull up the insulation to get a look at it.

Pull out the spare tire, and look at the bottom of the spare tire well.  
Check out the entire pan from the underside, then check it out again. Look 
for any holes or severe rust.

IMHO try to avoid anything with body rot otherwise known as cancer, its the 
most difficult thing to correct, especially on a type 3 as replacement parts 
ccan be harder to find. Its the kind of thing you need to take the car apart 
for, and unless you have the tools (welder, grinders etc.) and knowledge its 
expensive to fix.


Drake
72 square
63 bug
San Jose, Ca.



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