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Sometimes life is not fair
by
srgtlord
on 22 Apr, 2012 13:18
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So today my cousin tows home a 1983 rabbit pickup truck. Here I am thinking its a rotted out worthless piece. Nope not at all. Its been sitting for 15 years in a farmers field. It has 50,000 miles on it. Whats the real kick in the butt?, he traded 2 piles of split heating wood for it. I need luck like that
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#1
by
shwak23
on 22 Apr, 2012 13:55
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2 cord of firewood? So he paid approximately $500? Seems like a pretty good deal.
Pics?
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#2
by
libbydiesel
on 22 Apr, 2012 14:31
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I picked up a '79 with 90,000 miles on it a few months ago for $100. Cracked dash, but otherwise decent condition inside and out. It sat for 16 years. I finished building the 2.5" exhaust this morning. Still needs tires, battery and fluids and then I'm up to giving it the defibrillator.
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#3
by
theman53
on 22 Apr, 2012 16:47
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2 cord of firewood? So he paid approximately $500? Seems like a pretty good deal.
Pics?
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If 500.00 is what 2 cords are going for there I would be broke. 125.00 cord mostly around here, some cheaper some more...either way I would have traded 2 for the price paid here. But I cut my own so it would have been chainsaw gas and time
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#4
by
ORCoaster
on 22 Apr, 2012 17:38
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Farmers fields grow the best old VW's. Mine got the barn for most of it's life. Still had 110K, double what your cousin is looking at, on the odometer. Sitting around like that made for some worn parts that lacked lube.
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#5
by
shwak23
on 24 Apr, 2012 17:21
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TBH It's been a year or two since i've bought firewood but there was a time it was up to almost $300 a seasoned cord.
It was bananas.
Suddenly everyone was a wood guy.
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#6
by
ToddA1
on 25 Apr, 2012 14:50
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So, OP.... what's a cord of wood worth in your area? We need to gauge price paid for the truck.
I bought mine for $500 and the seller gave me doors, tailgates, hoods, an extra engine and a ton of other parts. I started to call AAA to get it to my house about 50 miles away and he ended up driving it to my house. His daughter followed us, to get him back home.
His wife wanted it out of there! I gave him an extra $100.
-Todd
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#7
by
rs899
on 25 Apr, 2012 15:05
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I have no idea what a cord sells for here, but I see guys at the side of the road trying to sell about 10 pieces of oak for $10.
As for myself, I must have 2 cord lying around that I want to disappear. We had a number of trees come down during the nasty 2004 hurricane season. We burned quite a bit, then SWMBO decided it was "too dirty" bring all that in the house. Meanwhile she continues to want oaks cut down just because they drop leaves, hide squirrels.
So anyway, I have some VW currency here, if anyone wants it.
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#8
by
tshoe7
on 25 Apr, 2012 18:30
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I just got my 84TD jetta for $100 on a farm, it luckily had barn priority over the tractors and was saved from 13 years of the notorious car rotting northeast weather. They had an 80 NA diesel rabbit in the field that didn't fare so well. On top of the being COMPLETELY rotted out, the sun melted the steering wheel to the drivers seat.
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#9
by
theman53
on 26 Apr, 2012 05:52
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I just got my 84TD jetta for $100 on a farm, it luckily had barn priority over the tractors and was saved from 13 years of the notorious car rotting northeast weather. They had an 80 NA diesel rabbit in the field that didn't fare so well. On top of the being COMPLETELY rotted out, the sun melted the steering wheel to the drivers seat.
Might have a decent engine or at least it may have a good trans. Most all of the older rabbits that had a 5 speed had good ratios.
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#10
by
tshoe7
on 26 Apr, 2012 06:18
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Yeah I didn't over look it, I was already given the car, I just know I don't have space for it and the jetta right now, I am keeping my eyes open for a good shell though to swap it to for my next project. Fortunately there is no rush to get it out of the field so I have plenty of time. What kind of trans do you think it is if its an 80 rabbit c
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#11
by
rs899
on 26 Apr, 2012 09:27
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Could be an FF or FN
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#12
by
shwak23
on 26 Apr, 2012 15:50
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I have no idea what a cord sells for here, but I see guys at the side of the road trying to sell about 10 pieces of oak for $10.
As for myself, I must have 2 cord lying around that I want to disappear. We had a number of trees come down during the nasty 2004 hurricane season. We burned quite a bit, then SWMBO decided it was "too dirty" bring all that in the house. Meanwhile she continues to want oaks cut down just because they drop leaves, hide squirrels.
So anyway, I have some VW currency here, if anyone wants it.
The bundles on the side of the road are for people who are camping and need like a campfires worth of wood.
I can't believe that wood being "too dirty" justifies not using free heating fuel. That's ridiculous. XD
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#13
by
ORCoaster
on 26 Apr, 2012 20:02
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What is wrong with that lady of yours? Leaves and squirrels are not a problem where I come from or where I've been. I actually like to see how agile they are as they have figured out how to use the phone wires as their personal means to get around the neighborhood without having to interact with the cats or dogs. Once they hit the trees they really go.
Sorry, the nature lover creeping out again. Go Big Green.
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#14
by
fatmobile
on 28 Apr, 2012 21:48
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I've been helping a friend keep his VW diesels running for years.
He had a parts car in his garage, taking up space and he was planning on moving.
He said I could have it so I made a tow bar and hauled it home behind my Rabbit.
Pretty low budget transport for an '84 Rabbit with AC and a sunroof.
That's my dream Rabbit because of all the extras they had in '84, a friend stopped by and looked at it before saying the same thing.
It needs some superficial body work but is very solid in the important areas.