On 10/6/2012 9:33 PM, Jan Andersson wrote:
> For a while now, I have spotted a yellow Thing parked outside a house on
> my way home, maybe 5 miles from my house. It looks to be in somewhat sad
> shape, missing one headlight and looks like the RR tire may be shredded
> to pieces. It has not moved, and I don't think it has been touched all
> summer. Not sure how long it's been there, maybe since I lived in this
> house (2 years) but only this summer I happened to see it there for the
> first time.
> I'm tempted to find out if they would want to get rid of it. If I had a
> couple hundred to lay on the table..... who knows.
>
> Whatcha think? The top is down and/or missing, so the floorpans and what
> interior may be there, may no longer "be there". Can't see if it has an
> engine.
>
> Worth anything? It might alleviate my pain of not having an aircooled VW
> to tinker with. My neighbor says I can keep it in one of his garages and
> work on it there. My lease prevents me from having more than 2 cars, and
> both need to be titled, insured, inspected etc.... i.e. no projects cars
> littering the landscape. Long story, I had to accept their terms to get
> the house and the owner was freaked out about my neighbor's "unsightly"
> yard with vintage MG's scattered all over.
>
> he does have an aircooled bay window bus too so he can't be all bad
>
> jan


I also spotted a DeLorean under a carport on the other side of town, but
but it's not what I would want, and probably couldn't be had for a
couple hundred bux...