I bought a 1960 MicroBus for $3.61 in Clarinda IA back in the early 70's. No rust no frills and only one piston had a hole in it. A true hippy van. BTW, the $3.61 was for the International Harvestor Dealer's compression test. One used piston/cyl later it ran all summer to Fairmont Minnesota and back on a weekly basis. Gave it tom y roomate in exchange for him co-signing a loan for a 1963 356B Porsche coupe. Well, that's two vehicles I wish I still had!!! Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel At 07:33 PM 4/23/03 -0400, Shawn Luft wrote: >The fact is in many cases these vehicles are 15+ years old...... and it >seems to me that in today's over-consuming society that if you're car isn't >5-10 years old, then in the eyes of many it become a likely-to-breakdown >vehicle.... thus not valued $$ by their owners. > >Alternatively, however, these vehicles ARE worth their price in parts >alone. As many of you are aware, the cost of replacement vanagon parts can >be extremely high in price. Acually, I think the fact that so many ARE >still on the road plays a factor..... because there's a shortage of >scrapped vanagons out there. > >Take engine cores for example.... in some areas it's hard to find a good >2.1L to use for a rebuild. As a result people often pay several thousand >just to get motors re-done.... and that's not even taking into >consideration the other parts. > >Well I appreciate hearing everyone ideas of this subject.... but I still >say to keep your eyes open folks, as deals are to be found! > >Regards, >Shawn. > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.474 / Virus Database: 272 - Release Date: 4/18/03
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