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Date:         Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:01:32 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Considering scrapping my project van after forking out over $26
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Well, I've gotten to the stage where I am considering loading all the parts I have bought for my van (993 brakes, 2 SVX engines, G50/50 trans, electric window etc kits, Raintronic wipers, adaptor axles etc) and tow it to the crusher. Don't know if I can be bothered to pull the trans to try to sell. None of the other (never-installed) parts will be salable here.

Why? I am totally disillusioned with the T3 community. Of the 3 members (all from TheSamba) who offered the parts I require to get the van legal, one took my deposit and ran:

Weiler, Stephen 3828 New Sharon Church Rd Hillsborough, NC 27278 919-732-0876 ... who has a business (mechanical?) in a nearby town

The other two offered parts but didn't answer my request for prices and location.

NOBODY on the Vanagon.com list can be bothered to sell to someone overseas. Thanks, friends.

As things are, thr bus will take up room in my driveway and rust. I am not preopared to spend the thousands of dollars it is necessary to spend to have rust removed (rust "treatment" is only a delaying tactic; rusty metal must be REMOVED, and how do you do this in corner-junctions in complex structural areas?).


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