RE: [T3] RE: [T3] 31K '67 on eBay

["Joe" <deswill777@earthlink.net>]

All things considered, this is a 35 year old car. A very nice looking 35
year old car. 
My squareback would love to look as nice as this one. I don't think a
repaint would be
out of the question, I know guys that repaint more often than once in 35
years.
Don't we all wish our cars looked as nice as Everett's recent purchase?

Joe 
67 squareback (needs a paint job)

> [Original Message]
> From: Everett Barnes <everettb@thesamba.com>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
 > Date: 1/15/2002 12:00:54 PM
> Subject: [T3] RE: [T3] 31K '67 on eBay
>
> One thing to note is that they state the car has already been repainted.
>  I do not think a garage-kept car would need a repaint with such low
mileage,
> unless there was damage or rust, something for a prospective buy to think
> about.
> 
> On another note, I recognize the high bidder as a Phoenix resident so
maybe
> I'll see the car in person...
> 
> Everett Barnes
> http://www.thesamba.com
> 
> 
> 
> >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"
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
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--- Joe W