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Originally Posted by husker boxster
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but keep these things in mind...
The 77 VW bug conv I bought for my winter project has brittle wire insulation, petrified gas line, and sketchy ground wires. It's 37 yrs old, that's par for the course.
And we wax nostolgic for cars of our youth and remember all the good things about them. Plus we think cars of yesterday are reliable like cars today and they'll go 150K care free mi. Remember how we used to sell cars at 70K mi because they'd be junk at 100K? No one wanted a car back then w/ 100K mi. The VW has already stranded me on a short jaunt around the neighborhood. A VW mechanic stopped to help me and said my best purchase would be Triple A towing service.
That 78 is a beautiful looking car in the pics. Just remember it's 36 yrs old and there's bound to be foibles.
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Point: All very good advice, but given the current market on these cars taking time to think it over could quickly cause you to lose your place in line, especially if the seller learns of the demand these cars are in. When I bought my 993 locally a few years back it was literally hours after it hit Autotrader on the web, while looking at it in the first 20 minutes the guy's phone went off 8 different times, at the hour mark when we struck a deal it rang nearly 30 times, not exaggerating. I initially thought it may of been a ploy but later asked the seller (we still correspond) and they were legit, half of them brokers.
Counterpoint: My initial search for what proved to be a unicorn to me; a 1980 911SC in Venetian Blue sans rear spoiler, did indeed open my eyes to exactly what Husker was referring to, a lot of hidden work. Having no stomach to dig deep and go into full restoration efforts I then decided to buy a garage queen example of the newest air cooled version which even then needed attention / updating.