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--- Mike Wodkowski <wodkowski@mac.com> wrote: > I don't know, it depends. On the one hand I can see > all of your points, and > on the other, when I think of how much it would cost > for me to have my own > car restored to just leak-proofed, welded, rust > repaired, re-sealed, sand > blasted and repainted condition, $6500 suddenly > doesn't seem too > over-expensive to avoid the hassle. Heh, yeah, but seldom do we actually get what we actually put into these cars. How many times have you seen on The Samba, "$10,000 in receipts" when someone's selling a VW? :) Besides, from the quick peek I took at the picture of the now-infamous $16K Square, it didn't look "mint," IIRC. > I mean, buying my car at $1200, plus the costs of > keeping it running, plus > restoration would take me more than there anyhow. > Things are pricey in NYC. Don't I know it!! ===== -------------------------------------------- 1971 FI AT Squareback http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ vw_variant71@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org