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plym49.2

plym49.2

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Always wanted a rail/dune buggy. Every now and then I browse the classifieds, but it's all out of my price range.

Well, was surfing CL the other night and came upon a dune buggy foir $200. Yep, $200. Very rough, very incomplete, no motor, but all the bones. Rusty bones.

Plus, it was only an hour from me down in farm country. Yada yada yada, I bought it today.

Had four flats; I figured I could air up at least two. Went to get it with my tow dolly. Owner picked the buggy up with the bale spikes on his tractor and dropped it right where it needed to be on the dolly.

Decided to tow it with the rear wheels on the ground. Got the two rears pumped up and were kinda sorta holding air. But they were cracked as all get-out and had major peeling all over.

What could go wrong?

Made it halfway home when both rear tires decided to pack it in. One was peeling off the tread, which got wrapped around the rear torsion bar attachment point, so that one was just sliding.

Pulled off the highway, saw a tire shop, figured I could pick up a couple of used tires. But the guy was a dick so F that. Pulled into a parking lot across the street and called my towing service (through Hagerty).

To be continued..............
 
So agent on the phone is giving me the third degree even though everything will have to be repeated to the driver that gets dispatched. Whatever.

Agent: Which of your vehicles is it?

Me: It's a vehicle I just bought an hour ago and it needs a tow.

Agent: What kind of car is it?

Me: Dune buggy.

Agent: What's that? No, I need to know what kind of car it is.

Me: OK, then it's a Volkswagon.

Agent: Model?

Me: Beetle.

Agent: What year?

Me: 1962 (why not?).

Agent: What color?

Me: It's just rusty.

Agent: I need a color.

Me: Well, the rust is more brownish than reddish. Let's go with brown.

I'm sparing you the other 20 minutes of conversation to precisely locate my location to the centimeter.

Anyway, flatbed shows up and he is confused. Says he is looking for a brown 1962 Volkswagon. I tell him the story and he is ROTFL and texting pictures to all his friends.

So here are a couple of shots of my brown 1962 Volkswagon Beetle.
 

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Wtf dude?

You paid $$ for that?

I’m sorry, but you’d have to pay me to haul it..

Sorry to shit on your happy day
 
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You should up your budget. This is one of about 50 "dune buggies" for less than 2000 bucks within 100 miles of me. Many even come with a trailer. And most are not homemade erector set poop pipe like you bought
 
You know that moment when you finally give up on an idea, and experience that pure, unadulterated relief when you finally send something off to scrap and think to yourself "God, that was a really stupid decision. What the fuck was I thinking?"

That moment is coming for you.
 
Bacchus said:
You know that moment when you finally give up on an idea, and experience that pure, unadulterated relief when you finally send something off to scrap and think to yourself "God, that was a really stupid decision. What the fuck was I thinking?"

That moment is coming for you.
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The seller is experiencing it right now :lmao:
 
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