[T3] Newbie need some advice

[CC]

Thanks Guys!

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Robert Rogers <rcrogers1 at peoplepc.com>wrote:

> I'm in the process of helping a friend restore his '79 VW Bug Convertable
> that has been in covered storage for 13 years.  It had a number of holes in
> the body that required a weld repair.  I suspect he will have about $11,000
> dollers invested in the restoration before we are complete.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org>
> >Sent: Jul 9, 2012 8:14 AM
> >To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> >Subject: Re: [T3] Newbie need some advice
> >
> >On 8 Jul 2012 at 23:48, CC wrote:
> >
> >> I have a question about pricing on a 68 bug vert.
> >>
> >> The car has been sitting for twenty to twenty five years outside in
> >> Minnesota. it is in poor condition and what I am wondering is what
> would be
> >> a good price to offer it to someone.
> >
> >It's hard to say without seeing it, but a convertible sitting outside
> >is likely to be worth very little by now. Rust has probably taken
> >over the body, the convertible top is beyond saving, and the
> >mechanicals would have to be gone thru completely. It's main
> >usefulness might be in some of the hard to find parts that only came
> >on convertibles.
> >
> >If it were mine, I'd be tempted to give it away if the owner would
> >haul it away and seemed likely to do it justice. $500 would be way
> >too much. $200 might be a reasonable compromise.
> >
> >--
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> >Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> >Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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