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just show her the ones on ebay going for 3-4 grand and tell her its an investment and whoever is selling it doesnt know what its worth... ----- Original Message ----- From: "phillip bradfield -- volkshaus" <phillip@volkshaus.com> To: "Type 3 list" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 3:46 AM Subject: [T3] Dilemma... > I am in a tough situation. The car that I have had my eye on for a long, > long time, that has been sitting in a driveway for many years, has a for > sale sign in the back window! > > It is a 66 Variant, is the light cream color. It is all original, and looks > to be all stock. I think it's the only European version of a Squareback I've > ever seen in Oregon. Has the marker lights on the front fenders too. > > The asking price is $900. I don't really have the cash, and I don't need > another car, but it is too nice of a car to pass up. It's in much better > shape than any of my current cars, but I just can't get rid of any of them. > > So, should I hide it from the wife, and tell her I built it with all the > parts in my garage?? I think that would be pretty funny, especially if it > was in the garage and I opened it as I told her that I assembled all the > parts. > > She did buy herself a nice diamond ring a while ago for approximately the > same price. You single people just won't understand these things... > > And here's the kicker. I have a $1000 check sitting in my pocket from some > work I just finished. Seems the planets are in alignment... > > -- > > Phillip Bradfield > > Member: > southern oregon vw club: http://www.sovw.com > rose city volksters: http://www.rosecityvolksters.com > ddb: http://www.theddb.com > > 1969 Variant - Savanna beige, Type 4 2.1l (soon), speedster soon to have a > bus dash > > 1968 Variant - Granada red, 1835 with dual 40 Dellortos, with 67 euro > fenders > > 1963 1500 - Ruby red, 1600 with dual Solex carburetors, soon to be full > automatic! > > 19?? Sandrail - Primer, soon to have 2.3 EFI Turbo Ford motor > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > >