[tcb] Re: Brian, Brian, Brian

  • From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:49:24 -0500

it was the chinese knockoff ;-)

----------------------------------------> From: coocoo@xxxxxxx> To: 
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: Brian, Brian, Brian> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 
2007 12:58:51 -0500>> $8500 is the owner's price. He charged you $25 for an 
original off an actual> bus. He charges whatever he charges. Maybe he liked 
your friend more than> you. Mid-America probably sold you a Chinese or a 
Brazilian repro knockoff.> I think that you should think about what you say 
before you say it. Derrick> may or may not charge too much, but you certainly 
have no right to judge> him, and you shouldn't insult him in print.>> I believe 
that I have heard some knock on every business or person that has> ever sold a 
VW part. From Steve at Wolfgang to Izzy's safari windows, Jack> at Black Gold 
to V-Dub Folks in Grand Prairie. Somebody will say that the> stuff was too 
expensive or crap.>> If you don't like dealing with original salvage of stuff 
that is getting> incredibly rarer as we speak, that fits and has held up for 40 
years, buy> all your stuff from Mid-America, the people who told me, insisted, 
that the> rubber mat on the floor around the pedals in the Splitty comes in 
three> pieces. I would put up Derrick's stuff against their cheap crap any 
day.>> Let me qualify that statement by saying that Mid-America re-sells 
products> from outside suppliers, some of them quality. Like Sew-fine and 
Wolfsburg> West.>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Brian Denning" > 
To: > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:03 PM> Subject: [tcb] Re: Brian, 
Brian, Brian>>>> is $8500 derricks price? cause he charged me $25 for a 
tailight that cost 10> in mid america...the same tailight i was recommended to 
buy from derrick> from someone else who only was charged $15 so yea if that is 
derricks price> divide that by 2>> guess what i found an idiot 
in-law...actually a cousin in northern arkansas> that might be interested and i 
thought i would really test the waters out> there and see what all is out 
there. i have yet to look at the bus but> through a friend i have heard that it 
does run and stop. so that is a plus.> i don't really want some ultra-rare 
never before seen bus with a bunch of> time and money spent on it i want a 
project i won't have to unload all my> money into the motor and never have time 
or money left for body work. i am> still focusing all my energy to hershey 
right now and am fixing ot start> sanding down his body panels and get him 
ready for 3 more areas of welding> and then paint. i have an artist lined out 
to paint the bus with a similar> style graffiti as you would see on a freight 
train...no hippy crap for me.> and when i am done with the body i might not 
want a splittie anymore but for> now i am just tired of messing with it. i love 
driving it and have recently> been driving the holy hell out of it including 
the almost 600 mile tract> this weekend plus the 300 miles i put on it last 
week and the already 40> miles i have put on it today.>> my bus has a flawless 
engine and that is one thing i will miss, is my> professional built super 
runner 1600dp with the true full flow system.>> will, you might ask how do i 
know it is true full flow, well here is the> answer: the oil galley on the left 
hand side of the case where all the oil> flows from the pump into has been 
tapped in two different spots for external> lines and a plug has been put in 
the galley so all oil has to go through the> filter before it hits the engine. 
and soon, possibly this weekend there will> be a cooler there as well.>> 
________________________________> From: coocoo@xxxxxxx> To:> tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: [tcb] Brian, Brian, Brian> Date: Mon, 17 Sep> 2007 11:35:08 -0500>> I 
don't want to knock Bay busses, my best friends are> Bay bus people, but you 
are not going to find anyone to trade a Split for a> Bay. Splits are getting 
extremely rare really quickly. The only way to get> one for anything like a 
realistic price is to find a complete piece of s***> and restore it. Or have an 
idiot for a brother in law.> Somebody, last week> or so, left a '64 walkthrough 
panel at Wayout. It has small body metal spots> and the floorboard under the 
driver and passenger is rusted through like> Swiss cheese. The edge of the 
cargo door floor is rusted out, but that is> about it for the body. It starts 
and stops and drives. It has head and tail> lights, new glass all around. The 
owner wants $8500. That is too much for> me, but I can see that it is probably 
not a bad price for a running bus.>> Good luck.>> 
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