[tcb] Re: My VW Craziness.
- From: "Eric Woodall" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:02:50 -0600 (CST)
No, but I'd like to have a '67 Squareback though.
Just not that one...
Sorry to hear about your Murphy's Law weekend.
> Friday morning I was the not so proud owner of a 67 Squareback. My wife
> said it was cursed and she may be right. We wanted a Squareback, just not
> the one we had. Too many troubles, too much wasted cash, and a cracked
> case. Anyway, I'd worked out a deal to trade our squareback for a 53 GMC
> 3/4 ton truck(in peices) and a trade for a 65 Euro spec Squareback plus
> cash for my grandparents 88 Chevy van. The van is a really nice 44,000
> original mile custom job. It even has a TV. I didn't care, at the time,
> about the GMC since I was getting another SB. Well, things were going OK
> to start with. I helped my buddy load up my 67 SB on his trailer. That
> evening the van trade fell through and the guy picked the cream puff van
> apart. He had driven from Dallas to Lubbock and then to Springdale with a
> trailer hauling the 65 SB. He told me that my family had lied to me about
> the Chevy and that it probably had 144,000 miles. The van is super clean
> and I know its history from the
> dealership in 1988 when my grandparents bought it new. It does have a
> few small flaws that I was unaware of, but I wonder if he ever intended
> on giving me the agreed price. Anyway, now I'm stuck with a GMC that I
> don't need and haven't even seen and a van blocking my driveway. That
> was Friday. Saturday morning I got a call from the guy who now has my 67
> SB. He said that he was unloading it from his trailer that morning and
> had an accident. No people were hurt. BUT... The Square had all new
> brake parts eccept the hard line from the front to the back. Apparently,
> as he was unloading it, he opened the door to see that he was still on
> the ramps and the brake line burst spraying fluid all over the inside of
> the car. Without brakes my buddy started backing off the trailer at a
> high rate of speed and down a hill. The door caught on some rocks and
> smashed the corner in, opened it fully, and folded it in half back on
> itself. The A-pillar was also bent. Again my wife
> says it is cursed and I have no Squareback. Does anyone need a cherry 88
> Chevy conversion van or 53 GMC truck? I'd rather have a Bay and some
> cash. Thanks.
>
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