Well, I mailed him Sun afternoon, no response till later that evening.. It worked out that I was going to be in the area today so FINALLY I managed to meet up with the guy.. Interesting character.. He and his petit ami roll up in the rattiest MK3 Jetta I've ever seen.. The resgistration and inspection had run out over a year ago... I think they could have been living out of it as the trunk and back seat were packed with clothes, sleeping bags, etc.. He apologized for being slow to get back as he relied on McDonald's wifi for service, and he'd been run out a few times for loitering...AS he rooted though the trunk moving his various paraphenalia aside he found the header! It was indeed an 8valve VW header, looks like it was scored from a junkpile somewhere.. Cracks welded, and RUSTY... I opted not to support his crack habit and passed on it.. He did have a few other things to sell me if I was interesting, the first two being a bit less than legal, and the last only $10 more if I wanted his buddy to join .. I've met some very cool people through Criagslist, gotten some great deals.. But this one..... Nope, not so much...
and the last only $10 more if I wanted his buddy to join ..