I want a new one.

[gthomas@st6000.sct.edu (Graham Thomas)]

As some of you may know I had a trouble prone '69 Squareback for about six
years and I finally sold it a year ago. I'm classic-carless until I
graduate one year from now, but I'm amassing funds that I am going to put
towards an antique European car of some sort, but I don't know what.

Of course one option would be to get another Squareback. I would like to
buy one that is restored or restorable and make it mint, which is what I
always wanted to do to the old one. I never see any '60s vintage
Squarebacks for sale in Atlanta and the ones that are are in pretty poor
shape. In fact the only one that I've seen in the past couple of years is
mine!

My ideal Squareback would be a pearl white late '60s model, stick shift,
IRS, dual stock carbs unless the FI comes in good working order along with
stock air cleaner. Or of course I could put some monster engine in it, but
I'm a bit traumatised by my hot running example and a big engine is more
likely to suffer the same fate. Are there good body restoration shops in the
southeast that would strip the car down, do a first class body repair and
paint job and reassemble? I can do the mechanical stuff fine but I can't
weld or do good body repair. I'm going to have about $5000 available to
build a car and I think I could do a Squareback for that.

I'm just rambling, any thoughts welcome. I miss my car.

Graham