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<x-flowed>This "31K '67" is the major reason that I am skeptical of Ebay and of sellers that don't know about their vehicles, in general. When one reads his message, (aside from his liberal use of unnecessary apostrophes)the main thing that stands out is his assertion that everything works "as far as I know". If he's had this car for any amount of time and is any kind of VW fan, he'd KNOW if everything works. How could he know it runs like a "team of horse's" if he doesn't know whether or not the lights and gauges work? In general, I have a very high opinion of the VW community and find it to be populated by trustworthy and intelligent people. For someone like me in the "rustbelt" it is almost impossible to get out to California to actually see and drive a car before buying....basically we operate on faith, and the lack of interest and devotion the aforementioned guy shows really shakes my faith.... Joe >From: "Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com> >To: Type 3 List <type3@vwtype3.org> >Subject: RE: [T3] 31K '67 on eBay >Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:36:38 -0800 > >Though true, I agree w/Everett. Most garages I've seen -- including my own >-- keep the rain and sun off the car. Such a low mileaged GARAGED vehicle >shouldn't need such fixes. > >However, to give the benefit of the doubt to the owner, maybe the paint >just >needs to be polished and waxed. The paint, if truly protected from the >environment, should still have plenty of luster in it. Even after 25 years >there were many spots on my baby (before the cheap-ass Macco paint job) >that >would still shine when given a wax...and during that period the ONLY time >she was in a garage is when the engine was being rebuilt. > Toby Erkson > air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed > '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chip, Jamex sport suspension, 2.25" >MagnaFlow >exhaust > Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ > > >-----Original Message----- > >Surely it doesn't really matter how many miles a car has done, if it has > >stood in the rain for 30 years, or in the sun, it would show rust, or sun > >damage, or both, even if it had only done 10K miles. >... > >> I serious doubt a 31K car would: > >> 1. Have a cracked dash > >> 2. Need a repaint > >> 3. Have a front trunk area that looks so nasty > >> > >> ... especially when it "has been garage kept all of it's life" > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx </x-flowed>