You think THATS bad
I bought my 1987 Merc 4 years ago from a friend who was an Army air tragffic controler for 1,800 Euros and it was in reasonably good condition, to make a VERY long story short, 4 years and over 9,000 Euros later( over 14,000 American dollars at todays exchange rate), it is now completely restored from the wheels up. I just tell every one that it was a 'hobby car' so they dont think that I am completely insane for putting all of that money into it. Should we be leaving Germany soon, we will be sending the wifes Mini cooper ahead of us by 30 days or so. Sadly, the Merc will get us around until a week or so before we leave, and then I am going to give it to my Neighbor who has 2 boys both nearing legal driving age. I have only put about 4 thousand kilometers on it since I got it and I will be sad to part with it, but the boys will be getting a really great car. Their father is a police detective in nearby Hiedelberg and they are great kids so I am sure it will have a good home. I look forward to getting into gas bicycles. I have a regular peddle powered Cannondale bike that I ride nearly every day that I got when we first came here and will be taking that back to the states when we go. It is a very strong bike and in itself woul be a good candidate for a gas conversion, but at the moment I am leaning towards a 'golden era' gas bike. I just have to decide wether to buy one already restored, or do a restoration myself. Perhaps buy a "Spooky Tooth' --"Quarve' and ride that while I restore something---best regards, Rhett