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On Friday 21 September 2001 20:11, James R Jinks Jr wrote: > Dear friends, > > I am in a bit of a pinch. I need to sell Quasimoto, our ?73 fastback. I?m > currently stationed at Fort Lewis, WA, and to keep it short, the Army is > sending me somewhere on very short notice. I have not been a big voice on > the list, just asking a question or two now and then again, but I?ve always > enjoyed the family atmosphere. But, the fact is, I am leaving on Tuesday > or Wednesday, I?m packing up the household to put into storage, and I?ve > sent my wife Anja back to Germany to be with her parents for a few months. > She has Multiple Sclerosis, and even if she could stay here and manage the > movers, closing accounts (I won?t be coming back to this area since I?ve > been pulled out of my unit here), and what not, I couldn?t put the > additional burden of taking care of Quasimoto on her. I would love to > continue his resurrection but I can only put one car in storage (Anja?s > Passat) and that is that. > He is a 1973 fastback, FI and AT, his odometer is at 56,821 mi, and from > talking with the PO after getting the address from the salesman, he was > owned by the german wife of an Air Force Lt. Col. After he had retired she > decided that she was tired of paying for the tune-ups and that it was time > for a new car. I purchased him for $1,300. I hope someone will be willing > to pay $600 to adopt him. > I?ve pulled off his left front and rear q-panels, stripped the upholstery, > pulled out the driver?s side window hardware and doorstop. He has a > sizable rust hole at the battery pan, a smaller one on the opposite side, > and cancer at the passenger floorboard, left body rain/vent flap, and other > small areas. The only elements he is missing are small pieces of fender > welting. I?ve pulled out both quarter windows and the drivers vent window > hardware. I?ve new window seals from CP for front, rear and quarter > windows. I?ve contacted a few shops in the area but they have not been able > to help me. > Please tell me what to do. I don?t want to take him to a wrecker. > > Sincerely, and best wishes to you all. > James R. Jinks Jr > 7328-B 50th Ave E > Tacoma, WA 98443 > (253) 537-3151 > (for a few more days, at least) :( > If you were here in the mid-west, I would be willing to store it for you until all this is over. Maybe someone in your area would be willing to do the same. -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (not running yet) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe