Re: Almost Mint 81 S in my area

["John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>]

And I just want to point out that I *told* Eric to just find a better
starting point instead of doing all the work to his yellow banana car...
I make several trips to Colorado each year and am amazed at what can be
found...  there is no excuse for anyone in Colorado to be dealing with rust
repair, bondo, etc!

John

'82 16v pickup
and lots of other stuff
website - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm


>I hate reading shit like that. Hell, for the time and money that I've spent
on
>my project, I could go out to visit you Colorado guys, paint the car,
install
>anything else necessary, and then drive the car home to New Jersey.
>
>And I could do it all in a friggin' week.
>
>Whatever, my car is going to be faster than *ANYONE ELSE'S*. Come on there,
>big guy! Yeah, you! Let's see who the man is. I'll humble you with my
mighty
>Shitrocker! You can't even step to this, beeeeYATCH!!! I'm [going to be]
the
>man!
>
>Hee hee.... Nah, I'm not pissed or anything. ;^)
>
>Night Shadow wrote:
>
>> Who is looking for a Mk1 S?  I just ran into a *almost* mint Mk1...it has
>> a few door dings, a small dent in the right rear quater, and some minimal
>> surface rust, good interior, seats are good, motor is dirty but runs like
>> a champ for a 1.7...
>>
>> All in all, I wish I had found this car a year or two ago...about a
>> hundredth of the work to restore this one than to restore mine, which I
am
>> already in the middle of.
>>
>> This car is located in Boulder, Colorado, it has been HERE its entire
>> life, bought at a Boulder dealership, never wrecked or anything....paint
>> ain't great, it's that wierd clear coated olive color that all Mk1s
around
>> here seem to be, the roof is peeling..
>>
>> I'd estimate the required body work (dents and such) to be about 10
>> hours...very little...paint it, drop in a suspension up grade, motor
>> upgrade and you will have a seriously mint, nice ass Mk1.
>>
>> They are asking $1200....if you want more info, and are SERIOUS about
>> coming to colorado to get it, then contact me.  I want to buy this car,
>> but have so much time and money already invested in my current Mk1 that
it
>> wouldn't make sense.
>>
>> Eric
>>
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