Re: [T3] 1965 Variant N (Squareback) sale value parting out? Right.

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>Do you have a Sawz-All or similar, powerful metal cutting tool?  Can you 
remove the heater channels, keep the pan whole (if you 'part' it out then 
you're left with a 1/4 or 1/2 pan or a shift tunnel and nobody needs a shift 
tunnel), rear suspension sub frame, and fragile chrome trim (particularly 
around the glass)?  Only if you can TRULY part out the car (which MOST people 
can't) I will only believe it will be wasted as a donor car.  A "parts" car 
still takes up space AND consumes your time because you have to pull the 
necessary parts and ship them.  The more it comes apart the harder it becomes 
to move it -- both physically and parts-wise.

    Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
    '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing, '73 Porsche 914
    http://www.icbm.org/
    Portland, Oregon

> If this car 
> does end up being parted though, rest assured that it will continue to live in 
> the many other cars it supplies parts too. And maybe someone will buy the hulk 
> of it to turn into a custom, instead of letting it rot in peace...

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