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 haugmichael
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| posted on February 17th, 2003 at 03:08 AM |
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This is going to U.S.A
I thought I saw this van in the 4 sale section here.
Apparently it is sitting at the docks at the moment
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jenz58
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| posted on February 17th, 2003 at 08:50 PM |
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You did, and we had a bit discussion about loosing another one overseas etc when it was sold to someone in the States
Under 'General Chit Chat' - Topic- 'Looks like we have lost another'
Last time it had a reply was 23/12/02 so well buried many pages back |
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| posted on February 17th, 2003 at 08:54 PM |
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We all had our chance. Now its gone.
Wave goodbye everyone!
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jenz58
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| posted on February 17th, 2003 at 08:58 PM |
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There was mention that it was down on the docks at last weekends classic camp out.
Same comment, people here were given more than a chance to buy it. |
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| posted on February 17th, 2003 at 09:02 PM |
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Arizona Bound'
yes it is going to arizona it will be the second containervan in arizona the other one (see pic)went in nov last year sold by vic pendle hill. the
guy who bought it has been in touch with me alot about how it should go back together they are both going to be kept RHD which is
interesting........so save up and buy them back!!!!.i have had over a dozen kombi's, all types and my container van is the best and handiest i
have ever had ...there is another at bungendore i hope it stays here
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Keeping it real !
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SKEWtYpe3
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| posted on February 17th, 2003 at 10:07 PM |
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very true Jen
it was sold to someone that will take care of it and that is the main point of concern
they did not strip it and sell the parts !
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| posted on February 21st, 2003 at 09:02 AM |
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overseas bleeding
It is a shame to see another part of our VW history disappearing overseas, our buyers can't compete with the prices that they are prepared to pay
in the US, UK, and Japan, it looks like the honeymoon is over, once a certain price is payed it sets a precedent for the next sale price, upping the
bar higher and higher, I have seen the evidence of this in the motorcycle world, the Triumph Bonneville 1960's pre unit models are a point in
case, they are not what you would call rare by any means, and are a maintanance intensive motorcycle, but because of a few cashed up buyers with money
to burn paying ridiculous prices, they are now around the $ 10-15.000, mark, not bad considering when they were ten years old you could get one for a
carton of beer!
It looks like this is starting to happen to the VW world as well, we are lucky in this country that we have a strong VW history, we have some
exotic models and a lot of good cars because we are lucky to have a good climate, as far as the weather is concerned, we dont have snow in winter
negating the need for salting of our roads, saving our vehicals the effects this has on the bodywork, (rust) have a look at the availability of panels
in the UK, you could build a Kombi out of replacement panels! hence they are starved of good vehicals and are willing to pay top dollar.
I recently enquired about a 58 beettle with a blown motor that had a sale price of $1100, I got a Email back saying it was going to the UK, I was
too slow!
I hope the people who have these wonderfull and rare VW's resist the temptation of making a good profit for their resto work and keep them in
this country for us to enjoy, I hope they figure that it would be a better investment than the dismal super annuation scheme's we have at the
moment, I am sure the cars and vans would much rather stay here in sunny Australia. |
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