From tabeall@duke-energy.com Fri Feb 20 15:32:56 1998
Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
Subject: Re: Freak with saw
From: "Trae Beall" <tabeall@duke-energy.com>
Date: 20 Feb 1998 20:32:56 GMT

That really stinks that you had to junk a '55 ragtop. I have finally
decided what year I would like to have, restore, and keep---yep, a '55
ragtop. I even have an extra set of semiphores. I hope that if anybody else
has junk vintage beetles, that they advertise on this newsgroup first.

John Connolly <conman@sisna.com> wrote in article
<34ECBCFE.6D1C@sisna.com>...
> I have had my share of classics over the years, but you HAVE to get rid
> of them sometimes. The reason they are getting junked is that nobody
> cares ENOUGH to buy them and do what it takes to store/keep/restore
> them. They ARE out there, but you have to look. 
> 
> I junked a 55 ragtop that wasn't in too bad a shape a few years ago; Oh
> well, what can I say. I would have kept it had Big Brother's zoning laws
> not had the authorities all over my ass. 
> 
> My father even once had a 44 -46 bug (can't remember the year); British
> built, with wooden floors! We even junked a 59 singlecab, and loads of
> others.
> 
> It happens. If you don't want this to happen, step up to the plate and
> buy/get one from someone who is going to have NO choice but to get rid
> of it, in any way they can when the time comes.
> 
> John
>