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Archive => Archive board => For Sale => Topic started by: lovebus (jack) on March 10, 2009, 04:19:39 pm
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From: "LINDA VERDON" <lv_inc@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:19 PM
To: <ghiabug@gmail.com>
Subject: 73 Super Beetle for sale
> Hi. I'm contacting you to see if you know anyone who would be
> interested in a 1973 Super Beetle. It was my full time car from
> 1985-1993, and since then it's been sitting in my father in law's
> garage. Clearly, I'm never going to restore the car, but I do love it
> and want someone else who loves it to have it. I'd like to sell it
> for $400.
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> I can email lots of photos.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Linda Verdon
> 201-974-1043
> lv_inc@yahoo.com
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Contacted her when Bud sent the mail. Already sold :(
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To a club member?
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To a club member?
Guess who ;D
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damn jack u dont mess around do ya? ;D
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Jack- didn't you just get rid of a 73 super? What to you have in mind for this one? Parts only? If so .......
Mike
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JEEEEEEZE Jack, did you cross over to the Super Society side of the club.
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If Pat fixes the floors and you sell it, will we still be allowed to talk to you? LAUGH@
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LMAO.
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Did someone say Parts??????? I need drivers side fenders for a 78 Super.. Jack I'll pull them myself, I'll stop by this weekend. gifsawsall
Thanks Jay
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If Pat fixes the floors and you sell it, will we still be allowed to talk to you? LAUGH@
I dont weld anymore free floors unless my name is as a lienholder on the title. That will fix em.
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I found glass fenders for 120, up to 3 inches wider. I can link you up if you want. I think one of my fenders is all bondo, towards the back by the bumper because you can push it in and out with no effort, I was checking out my options. Also found a glass deck lid with a whale tale... I'm not even going to get into my thoughts on that. ::) ::)
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a glass deck lid with a whale tale...
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No I didn't buy it, I was guessing Jim T. snaged it up.
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No I didn't buy it, I was guessing Jim T. snaged it up.
Negative, I emailed right after Bud sent me the info but it was already sold to someone off of CL. At that price I figured it would go quick.
God knows I didnt need it, but its sooo hard to resist.
But I do have a few new things at the house......sadly none are VW
(http://misfittoysracing.com/studebaker/f3qtr.jpg)
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sadly none are VW
Oh really... What about the beetle in the photo? .##
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Jim,
Nice Studebaker! don't know how you find em!
Love em as much as VWs! (love
Looks like your ADD hasn't gotten better yet!
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Oh really... What about the beetle in the photo? .##
I figured someone might catch that little 1971 Convertible in the corner of the photo ;) Sadly its not mine, but its starting to feel like it.
It came here back in october so I could help a friend put a motor in it. Motor went in but the fuel pump was bad so he left it and had a pump sent to me. Put the pump in and it runs but then he couldnt make it back out until the end of January to get it. Went to drive it home then, got about 4 miles and ran it out of gas and now it wont stay running when he restarts it (probably sucked some junk into the filter) so it got towed back here and Im waiting for him to have a free weekend to come work on it again.
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Love em as much as VWs! (love
Bob, are you like me, love a lot of cars and like something about the rest?
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Bob, are you like me, love a lot of cars and like something about the rest?
Jim,
you got it! I look at different cars and realize they are a reflection of the time they were built. That Studebaker is a good example, look at when it was designed, after WWII. People were so used to cars being defined by the shape,fender were ovious and the bodies boxy. That Stude came along changed it all just by including the fenders into the body lines. Same thing for our Beetles, remember the VW was built to be a "cheap economy car" that everybody could afford. Just happened that the VW was built so well and efficiently that it created its own market and identy. Everybody would eventually reconize the beetle by its shape and the fact that it was a tough little car.
Now if you want to see "Pure Sex appeal" take a look at a 53 Studebaker Commander or an Avanti, thats two cars that still look "right" today!
here ya go.... 1953 !
(http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/studebaker/53hardtop.jpg)
Heres another... 1963
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Studebaker_Avanti.jpg)
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seriously Bob, i never knew why people liked the look of the Avanti- and I'm not trying to be a wise guy, but I think it is a butt ugly car.
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seriously Bob, i never knew why people liked the look of the Avanti- and I'm not trying to be a wise guy, but I think it is a butt ugly car.
Think about that car in the context of the 60s and it was so far ahead of anything out there. The style, while controversial has survived for almost 40 years. I'll admit, its not my favorite Studebaker product but I respect it for being as cutting edge as it was. It would have saved Studebaker if they had not be sabotaged by GM.*
* cliffs notes - The fiberglass bodies for the Avanti were produced by the same company that made fiberglass bodies for....you guessed it...corvettes. GM reminded this supplier who signed the bigger checks and helped them find a way to do something about it. Their contracts with Studebaker were pretty airtight as far as the quantity they had to provide, but not the quality so the supplier was convinced to provide bodies that needed hours of custom fitting to make them work. The delay in the builds and delivery sunk the Avanti and Studebaker.
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seriously Bob, i never knew why people liked the look of the Avanti- and I'm not trying to be a wise guy, but I think it is a butt ugly car.
looks like we'll have to "agree to disagree" I think it was one of the most cutting edge designs. the car was completely different than anything on the road and the design was timeless and looks good today. You guys know that the car was built for many years later in Canada and still looks "right' on the road.
cliffs notes - The fiberglass bodies for the Avanti were produced by the same company that made fiberglass bodies for....you guessed it...corvettes. GM reminded this supplier who signed the bigger checks and helped them find a way to do something about it. Their contracts with Studebaker were pretty airtight as far as the quantity they had to provide, but not the quality so the supplier was convinced to provide bodies that needed hours of custom fitting to make them work. The delay in the builds and delivery sunk the Avanti and Studebaker.
Read this story a couple of times, dirty dealing on GMs part but then they were pros at it, remember the Tucker? and how about scrapping the rail system in So California in favor of diesel busses?
Makes you wonder if Studebaker had survived what kind of cars would we be looking at today?
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looks like we'll have to "agree to disagree" I think it was one of the most cutting edge designs. the car was completely different than anything on the road and the design was timeless and looks good today. You guys know that the car was built for many years later in Canada and still looks "right' on the road.
Read this story a couple of times, dirty dealing on GMs part but then they were pros at it, remember the Tucker? and how about scrapping the rail system in So California in favor of diesel busses?
Makes you wonder if Studebaker had survived what kind of cars would we be looking at today?
Another interesting cliffs note....ever notice how much a 50 Stude looks like a 48 tucker? So much so that the "Tucker" that got rolled during testing in the move was actually a 50 Stude with some enhancements.
Sadly if they had survived we would still be seeing the same jellybeans we see everywhere. Automotive design is lacking and an independent probably wouldn't have changed that. And the closest to something bearing the studebaker name in recent times was a concept SUV put out by the owners of Avanti, it was a hideous beast. I think automakers have just lost their sense of imagination.
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Jim
WoW! That is a nice Stude..... thought if I was going to get another old car it would be a Model A ...but it would be hard to decide..
what you have is a beauty & very cool!
matt
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WoW! That is a nice Stude..... thought if I was going to get another old car it would be a Model A ...but it would be hard to decide..
what you have is a beauty & very cool!
There is a house not too far from here that has a tiny shed/barn that I see the backend of a Model A sticking out of every time I pass and another under a tarp next to it....I fight the urge to stop and make offers. A's are just cool little cars. I have a boatload of restoration books for them because my dad always wanted one so he had all the books in case he found one.
So I guess Im sayin I have no dispute ;) But the local Stude club is very active and getting even more active soon (Jack if you are still reading we would like to join Clayton Day lets talk) and there is definitely something special about being part of an active club (SJVWC showed me that)
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You just can't beat the Studebaker style. Years ahead of it's time and still retained the compound curves we all love, in a class all by itself. I remember the first one I saw, brand new on the street in my hometown. Thought it was an airplane without wings.
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ps Are we 99off Does anybody care???
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ps Are we sign6 Does anybody care???
itstrue not/sure gudpoint Na!
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Id say if the car in the original post was still for sale then we've done an injustice, but since its already sold at least we've had a good conversation ;)
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sounds good to me LoL
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Id say if the car in the original post was still for sale then we've done an injustice, but since its already sold at least we've had a good conversation ;)
nuthin wrong with a bunch of guys talkin "Car" 184
and you are right, at least that car found a home or at worst parts to bring another one back!
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I heard the was a topic hijackin' going on overe here... Did I miss it?
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*016*
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I heard the was a topic hijackin' going on overe here... Did I miss it?
Hi right back to ya. WA#