A month ago I saw a neat looking bug on craigslist in Tracy. They seller was asking what I felt was too much and was 'firm' on price according to the advertisement. I liked the car but wasn't interested in it at that price. I was browsing Craigslist again a week or so ago and there was the same car at a more reasonable but still to high of a price. But it was in the ballpark. I called the seller and went to look at the car. The seller claimed the car had recently developed a noise that sounded like the throw out bearing going out. I agreed with that assessment. I was able to talk the seller way down on price and we came to an agreeable price. I drove the car home. I took it to Bob's German the following Monday to have the throw out bearing changed out. To my dismay Bob's diagnosed the problem as being a much more serious crank issue and informed me that I needed to rebuild the ENTIRE engine. I purchased a rebuilt long block from Bob's and had them rebuild the engine. Here are pics of the day I bought it, the drive home through the back roads of Tracy and a few other pics I took. Enjoy!
And its sold!
