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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Here's my feelings on this situation. Start with a rust free car. :) They aren't that hard to find in Socal, or Arizona. The cost of a rust free car + transporting it will put you _WAY_ ahead in the long run. It's much easier to take care of dents, prep and paint than it is to replace floorpans, and major parts of the body. The pictures of this notch would make me run. :) It does look like the engine is pretty much junk. I've tried to convince my dad on this numerous times, and I think I'll just have to ship him a solid shell to prove it. The time and effort one would save by starting on a solid shell is worth the money to have one brought back from where they don't rust. Mark Jason Weigel wrote: > Ouch, I could tell it was going to be nasty by seeing the valves and your > description of the oil/water removal. Yeah its alot of work, but you could > kinda see that when you first brought it home. Pretty rotten but doable if > you have the will and time. The Brits are known for taking on such rotten > messes where the bottom 8" of a car are gone. I have no clue why they even > bother, or anyone for that matter, BUT my hat is definatly off to those who > do! Pure patience and skill, and lots of beer and blood.;) I have noticed > this add on the Samba. Its been refreshed at a better deal. You might want > to have a look before investing more time into what you have and possibly > collect some better examples to make a solid car. The price seems right for > the amout of stuff you get. Keep your chin up David, saving any of these is > good for us all. > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=74857 > > jason > > >>Hi All >> >>Well, once again things have gone astray with this project. And to be >>honest, I am not sure that I should continue. It might be easier to >>look for another whole car that actually works. We dismantled then >>engine, some photos at >> >><http://www.hkin.educ.ubc.ca/sanderson/Personal/Engine_1/Engine_1.html> >> > >>What do you think? Should I carry on or try to sell this stuff? Sigh >>... feelin' blue. Maybe I'll have a beer. - -- Mark Wolfe Lakeside, ca http://www.wolfenet.org gpg fingerprint = 42B6 EFEB 5414 AA18 01B7 64AC EF46 F7E6 82F6 8C71 Bug? That's not a bug, that's a feature. -T. John Wendel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBPUhR70b35oL2jHERAk6pAJ4+fK6BA9Djod3ocprqw/Il1DDYYACdEcQB hWit53o33ka3EuH1URYxskI= =7J9L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~