In a message dated 8/28/01 10:20:31 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
Bushwacker4@prodigy.net writes:
> The old style "Bug" is still produced in Mexico. It sells for about $7500
> but is not legal for import. Won't pass smog and safety regs in the US.
> There is a guy in Arizona that buys them, takes them apart, imports "auto
> parts and rebuilds older US Bugs. He buys old beaters to get the number
> plates and titles. Then, he "rebuilds" them. There used to be a dealer for
> him up the street from me. Those 1969 cars were brand new! Sold for 13K
> too...
>
> Kent
>
>
Our documents runner drives one daily back and forth across the border.
Supposedly the guy in AZ takes an older US beetle floorpan and transfers
everything to it...I'm totally sure no one would ever just take the vin
plates and change them...
Robert B. Houston
'74 Midget, '63 TR4, '91 SWMBO
Be more concerned about your character than about your reputation,
because your character is what you really are, while your reputation
is merely what others think of you.
"Remember, there is no lifeguard in the gene pool." GGLiddy
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