From bwk6885@risky.wcslc.edu Sat Feb 21 02:53:06 1998 Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled Subject: Re: Freak with saw: BUY THE OLD VWs INSTEAD! From: bwk6885@risky.wcslc.edu Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 01:53:06 -0600 In article <34ECBCFE.6D1C@sisna.com>, John Connolly wrote: > 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. EXACTLY! > 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. > Whoa!!! I couldn't have said it better myself! A few years ago, someone I knew had a '56 beetle that was cut in the back like a baja. DON'T SEND ME MAIL ON THIS. I didn't cut it. Anyway, it could have been repairable if anyone wanted to put that much effort into it. I bought the car from him because like most people, I didn't want to see him junk it. In fact, he said he was going to take it to the junkyard the day I finally caved in and bought it. This was false, because he didn't have a title. (How many of you have tried to junk a car without a title?) So, I am 17 years old, and I have 2 bugs...one of them is driving...sort of, and the other doesn't have a home! '56 beetle that looks crusty + parking at home = death from parents Ok. Now that we have that equation out of the way.... Luckily, I worked with some lady that lived in da 'hood, and she agreed to let me park it in her backyard/dirtheap. It was there for almost a year. Whew! It gave me some time to really think about what I wanted to do with it. Eventually, I realized I didn't have enough time, space, or $$ to have an extra bug in my life (and what an EXPENSIVE bug a '56 is!), so I started my campaign to sell the poor little '56. I didn't want it to get trashed! After several weeks of advertising everywhere I could (including in the local bug store), I began to get desperate. I then logged onto the trusty 486, and posted a message on THIS newsgroup (yes, it was still around THAT long ago), and waited for the flood of email to come in. Sure enough, since this NG has global exposure, I had about 5 emails or so of interested people. Most of them shyed away when they found out how far I was from them. 0 for 5. After several posts, I began to think that I would be stuck with this car, and nobody would want it. I could always junk it...but then EVERYONE would yell at me on this newsgroup. Hmm.....but how many people were on the next plane over to take the car home? Hmm..... Then, to make a long story short, Jim in Nevada (jbecker702) agreed to buy it. What a happy day for the '56! After some negotiating, we met somewhere inbetween us, and the '56 had a new home. Whew! One saved from the junkyard. But still, it wasn't like there were all these people (the ones that whine about how some guy chops a bug up as a baja, or chops the roof....etc.) coming over to get this bug. I mean, 300 bucks!!!!! FOR AN OVAL! WITH A CLEAN PAN! (I would fix the heater channels if I knew how to weld, Jim, honestly!).... Oh well. Try to remember the moral to this story the next time you criticize someone for cutting up a bug, or trashing it: Would you buy it? Would you travel halfway across the country..or the world to save it? I would love to, but then reality sets in. If you love them as much as you say you do, then you will go and save each one you hear about. -ben '69 beetle http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/speedway/2039 bwk6885@risky.wcslc.edu -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading