Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:03:59 -0700 (PDT)
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From: "Thom Fitzpatrick" <thom@calweb.com>
Subject: Re: Grendel's cousin
Yup.
> I found this on the aircooled newsgroup. Isn't this the guy who sold Bob
> Grendel?
>
> ekoman@u.washington.edu (Eric Oster) wrote:
> >I was cruising around in my beetle the other day, and saw a '63 parked
> >under a tree, looked like it had been there for years. (7, to be exact.)
> >I contacted the original owner(!), and went to have a quick look; he
> >had removed the interior, so I noticed no (none!) rust anywhere-still
> >had original motor, everything all original, down to the license
> >plates it was issued with! The price? $300.
> > I went out there the next day to pull it out, pretty much assuming
> >that I was going to buy it; Opened the passenger door (only one with
> >a handle), walked around inside, and then opened the driver's door-
> >AUUGH! the heater channel was rotted through! :( I could poke my
> >finger through it. Man, was I bummed! (I can do pretty much everything but
> >replace heater channels.) Yes, I looked at the other side really
> >closely, and from the ankleburner hole, I could see about a half an
> >inch of loose rust on the bottom of the channel-so both of them were
> >undoubtedly rotted out.
> >
> >Now, I get a call from my brother, who lives near Portland today-
> >he was talking to his neighbor, who happened to mention a "hippie
> >bus" that's been parked in the wood near there for about "20 years
> >or so"...so, a couple of weeks later, he finally decides to go look
> >at the bus-a pretty darn close to perfectly preserved '67 21-window!
> >(Small rusthole in the cargo area.), up on blocks for 15 years.
> >So, he asks the guy how much he wants...twenty dollars.(!!!) Needless
> >to say, my brother is now the proud owner of a '67 21-window.
> >
> >The bastard. :)
> >
> >
> >--
> >Eric Oster (ekoman@u.washington.edu)
>
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>
Thom
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