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Posted on 03/05/2005 11:51:13 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Hmmm...good question. I really am going to just have to call my agent. I just don't know.
Just an old junky driver goes for around $2500, but a fully restored Beetle, depending on "how" it is restored (stock, custom) can go for several thousand dollars. Had a guy the other day tell us he wouldn't take 10K for his '66 custom.
See, my car is a 1970 with a 1967 motor and a 1972 radio. Those two items make my car "less stock"...so not worth as much.
It'd be good to know...
Of course, the closer you get it to done, the more the potential loss is emotional more than purely monetary.
It's not hard to find a cheap, LOUD alarm.
That's right...even now, when the car really isn't worth much, I would be devastated if someone took it. We've already put in enough work to make it valuable to me!
But I have considered removing the radio and putting it away somewhere...it's worth $150 (if it works...and it can be repaired.)
Unless you get targeted by someone knowledgable about old bug radios, who is looking for that radio in particular, most people who break into garages are looking for power tools that are worth more than that radio, really. No pawn shop is going to pay what a collector would for that radio.
But if you'll lay awake worrying about it, then certainly put it somewhere safe :~D
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This guy repairs them. I dunno...will have to see if it's worth it or if I could just buy another one if this one does work (eventually). They sell these plates you can put in the radio's place, if I decide not to repair this one (if it even needs repair...who knows? I don't know.)
I gotta go fix supper! Steve's working on his paper till late tonight...so I'll be around more than usual.
Hmmmm.....we don't need all these extra parts!
Heh heh heh!!!!
I'm thinking of getting chinese food...I don't want to cook!
Hey, I contacted my isp and told them the difficulty I was having. It had gotten to the point that none of my graphics were loading or anything!
They fixed it!
Thank you for your help last night with the auction. I wasn't sure what time I was supposed to be watching it! Because of your help, I made it to the library and got my bid in on time. Thanks again!
You can get motion detector lights. They'll turn on if they sense someone walking nearby. Might at least scare someone away when they turn on.
I know it's late but I just put a split turkey breast in the oven. It should be done by halftime, shouldn't it? :)
Evenin' all...
sowhatsupanstuf?
Nothing much...just freeping and thinking about making a salad.
There's lots of little security gizmos that work pretty well... and some that don't. One of them that's pretty handy is a little battery-powered door-hanger that you put on the doorknob.
If the knob gets rattled it goes off. Squeals pretty loud. Between $5-10 at a hardware store.
Apparently gives you some time to set it and get away.
That one looks like it mounts to the wall... would work.
Motion-detector lights are a really good thing too.
Yeah...I think you can get one that just plugs in and then you plug a light in to it...that would work out there...
Well, the car's locked up tight as I can lock it tonight. But it really is something I want to look in to.
There's all kinds of people following this Bug's progress online...complete strangers...you just never know.
Yah... the key is noise and light. Burglars want things to be quiet and dark and sneaky. Any unexpected loud bells and whistles and bright light and they're pretty much gonna beat feet.
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