Date:         Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:10:33 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dirk Wright <wright@uspto.gov>
Subject:      Cost of Hobbies was (Re: Westy FS in North Jersey)

On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Ron Van Ness wrote:
> 
> Yep, I think especially when it becomes a hobby/infatuation/life blood it
> can get a little expensive even for the non-vanagon folks.  You start to
> consider parts you "should" replace or modify that most "normal" drivers
> wouldn't give a rodent's posterior about.  Of course you can drive it with
> the rust/dents, but you know they're there and doesn't it gnaw at you?! 

I bought my 914 (type IV engine) for 3,000$ last fall. I've spent over 
2,000$ so far on parts, special tools, books, labor, etc. I couldn't sell 
it for 5,000$, but I'm keeping track of my 914-related expenditures to 
keep this project from getting out of hand. O yeah, we'd like to own a 
mid '70's Westy some day.


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Dirk Wright 						       wright@uspto.gov
"I speak for myself and not my employer"                   1974 Porsche 914 2.0
"A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns"
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