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Post by Steam McQueen on Mar 9, 2014 7:28:33 GMT -5
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Post by countrybunker on Mar 9, 2014 8:42:07 GMT -5
Whats up with that LV?
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Post by Lord Vadus on Mar 9, 2014 10:08:38 GMT -5
My health forces me to move to Texas before next winter; I hate to sell, but the cost of transporting the car and pats almost doubles the cost of my move. I've had to sell off nearly every car I own and severely downsize my life.
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Post by spanks79 on Mar 9, 2014 11:58:44 GMT -5
Aww, man this totally sucks! As I have been trying to account for Arthur's absence I also started to think we have not seen anything from LV lately. LV I hope everything is ok. Is your health situation making is impossible to work on the car? If this is simply a transportation issue maybe we (the board) could help come up with some creative options.
It's tough selling an unfinished project but for whoever is looking for a 74, this is a deal. You have all the right parts. Buying this would put you years ahead of buying the typical rust bucket 74 for $1000.
Not that I am trying to be a vulture here, but IF you end up having to separate some parts send me a message.
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Post by cynot on Mar 9, 2014 14:05:31 GMT -5
So sorry to hear of your situation, I hope all works out for you.
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Post by Lord Vadus on Mar 9, 2014 14:30:34 GMT -5
I've got things situated, but the Midwestern weather forces me to be a hermit all winter. It becomes physically painful and hazardous to my health to go outside from December through March and that will never change. It also kills any ability I have to work for those three months.
There was a long period in which I wasn't working and was trying to figure out what was going on with my body. In that time, I built up a fair amount of debt; both medical and personal, so I can't afford to sit around and not work for a quarter of the year.
As such, I have to move before next winter and that means I can't take everything with me. I'd love to take the Dodge and finish it, but with a storage locker's worth of parts in addition to the car itself, it nearly doubles my moving costs and adds a new burden when I have yet to find a place to live.
Plus, I want to buy a house down there and the extra money would really help in that regard.
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Post by Steam McQueen on Mar 16, 2014 10:49:24 GMT -5
- Well, Mr. Vadus ... any solid offers as of yet?   |
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Post by Lord Vadus on Mar 17, 2014 14:26:33 GMT -5
Some legitimate interest and a few people who want to take a look at it. I did get one guy with a thick Southern accent who offered me $3,500 for the car and, when I said that his offer was insulting, promptly hung up on me.
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Post by scatpack on Mar 17, 2014 16:45:08 GMT -5
sorry to hear that LV. If I could help transport it back to Texas I would. My trailer is off the road for the time being.
Did you sell the DeLorean also? I'd buy it if I had the money.
I wish you all the best.
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Post by Lord Vadus on Mar 17, 2014 17:33:10 GMT -5
Thank you. Though, the thing about the car that makes transport unfeasible is the sheer mass of spare parts that I have for the car; full tan interior, spare rear end, boxes of odds and ends, etc. I have more than will fit in the car and would require additional shipping for just them.
I have, indeed, sold the DeLorean. I was so sick of the stupid Back to the Future jokes when I had done nothing to provoke them. I couldn't take the car to a show or out for a drive without getting the comments and my car appeared 100% stock. It bothered me because I had put so much effort into restoring it to better than stock and, as a result, everyone only seeing it as a movie prop.
The Monaco is different in that I was trying to make it a prop and bought it with that intent as well as the fact that it could be appreciated by the general public since it's a built for performance car; if that makes any sense.
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Post by 58hemifury on Mar 22, 2014 19:57:36 GMT -5
Did you sell it, I see the CL listing is down?
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Post by Lord Vadus on Mar 23, 2014 9:53:08 GMT -5
I have a very serious party who is waiting to get back to me with money and a pick-up date for the car; I took the ad down as a show of good faith, but nothing is certain just yet.
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Post by 58hemifury on Mar 23, 2014 14:57:59 GMT -5
Cool, good luck. Great car, just too nice for what my goals and what my finances can do.
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Post by Lord Vadus on Mar 29, 2014 12:33:50 GMT -5
You can mark this one as sold; a bittersweet feeling.
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Post by Steam McQueen on Mar 29, 2014 13:41:30 GMT -5
You can mark this one as sold; Done. Dang shame you had to let 'er go, LV. Someone just got an incredible Blumo in waiting ... hopefully the new owner continues with your vision. |
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