All true. But now imagine that your spouse has been through three or four MGs and a couple of VW buses. You want a Vanagon. She says "fine, as long it's not a project." Price doesn't matter -- having engine parts in the dishwasher DOES matter. AMHIK. Born in Maine - Live in CA Mark
On Dec 20, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Jeffrey Vickers wrote: > Here's the glass half full scenario: > > Spend $400 on a round trip ticket from Boston to CA, buy a $5000 rust > free, functioning van and put it on a truck for $1000. You're back in > Boston for less than $6500 and you've got a rust-free van that needs > nothing. > > There's two, high mileage rust-free vans on SF Craigslist for $1500. > There's also an engine for $800. A total of 8 vans up there right now, > all for less than $3000. I spent all of two minutes to find those. > > Or... you could leave our rust-free vans here and help the auto body > guys in Boston make their boat payments. > > Born in MA - Live in CA, > Jeff > > |
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