Re: The notch that almost was...

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

Sorry to hear that, it is depressing.  I think I would've lost my temper on 
him, what he did was very rude!

I found out Friday that the '72 I was looking for isn't even being 
considered for sale.  I had my dad track down the old couple who own a 
Square' just like mine, orange, FI, roof rack, bone stock (before I went 
custom), but the couple *just* had the engine rebuilt and love the car too 
much to part with it (hey, can ya blame 'em?).

     Toby "it's hard to see the screen with my eyes all watery" Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L for sale
     Portland, Oregon
     http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

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Subject: The notch that almost was...
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    7/21/97 8:31 AM


Warning: This story is sad enough to make grown men weep...and us
librarians blubber!

Last Wednesday a young man agreed to sell me his '63 notchback for
$1250 because he had a desperate need for quick cash.  We shook hands
and spit on the sidewalk (which makes a deal legally binding here) and
agreed to meet the next day (Thursday) to complete the transaction.

Then in my unabated excitement I notified the entire world that I owned
a '63 notch.

Thursday...he never showed up.  Friday, ditto.  Then on Saturday he called
from Salt Lake City, where he had driven the notch and had sold it for
(he claims) $7500!

Now in my unabated mental depression I am announcing to the world that I
do NOT own a '63 notch.  Oh well, you lose some and you lose some.

My wife assured me that the way out of a mental funk was to buy something....so
I
took my money and went out and bought an air compressor so I can paint her
'69 FB.  Hey, her suggestion works...I feel better already.

Whatever else happens to me in the future, I will always know that for
one brief moment in my life I "owned" a notchback.  Sigh.

Phil
dillard@suu.edu

"notchless in Utah"