With all the list members out in CA, perhaps someone would be willing to pick it
up boxed, and ship it to you. Certainly it could be done for much less than
$500, but it usually costs a beer or two on the Spridget list for such a favour.
"C. Halsted" wrote:
> a local fellow is in need of a nice rear bumper, hood, and a clutch cable
> for a '72 510 4dsd. can anyone help out? he found one bumper for $80 in
> California but they told him with shipping it would be close to $500... what
> a crock. seems to me it should be under $50 to ship, more like half that if
> they box it themselves. his uncle bought the car new and it's passed to his
> father and now on to him and he wants to get it roadworthy and lookin' good
> again. the clutch cable is the most important, he has a friend who does
> bodywork who could take care of the hood. at some point in time someone
> didn't latch it properly and it flew back and put a line across the middle
> and bends in both hinge corners. I figured collectively we might be able to
> help him out.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Craig Halsted
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