AFAIK there are several shops that specialize in just this. You can either bring your Beetle to them for a complete pan off restoration, or you can buy one of their freshly restored cars. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Brideau" <dan@HOBBYETC.COM>
> When I was still too young to shave, I had a grand plan to buy up VW's > (Beetles), and store them in some sort of semi-clean environment. > > The carcasses would be sorted as candidates for restoration, or donors for > restoration. > > My restoration process would be semi-assembly line. Strip to a bare shell, > repair all the holes and dents. Install all new rubber, seals, seat covers > etc. Rebuilt engines, gearbox, brakes.. the whole thing as new as possible. > Small crews that specialize in each area, working independent of each other. > > Price them nearish a "new" car, and build them to order. Colors, sunroofs, > etc. > > But, who's gonna buy a 20 year old "new" car? Assembling a > sales/distribution program would be tough. > > Seeing the pricing on syncro campers, makes me think. > > Dan B > 85 Weekender > 87 Scirocco 16V > 02 GTI > > > > > > > > > > Start buying these Vanagons and we can find a central location to store > > > them, say, Kansas. > > > > > > > > > > naah.. bring em all here.. i'll line em up out back in the cornfield > :<) > > make a big aerial vw crop circle out of dead vanagons... ohh yea.. > pretty.. > > :<) > > > > chris > > > > |
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