The beauty of it is that viewed as a lifecycle the transaction was a MEGA-Gloat
worthy of a MasterCard commercial, even though it all ran through PayPal:

— $430: price of 1969 coupe and 1968 wagon SAABs bought as a pair . . . . 
— $30: gas to drive the coupe home with Flintstone floorpan (200 miles with the
interstate 15” beneath my man-parts at 70mph . . . one foot on doorsill, other
foot on passenger floorpan)
— $50: gas to get the wagon home as a rolling ‘POD’ storage unit filled with
parts  . . . . . shell rusted beyond all hope . . . towed home and it arrived
mostly intact minus a trail of iron oxide left along I-85
— $2.00: cost of one reciprocating saw blade . . . . . . removed all parts from
wagon to dry shop storage, cut wagon shell down into bite sized pieces  . . . .
which scrapper took at no charge
— $10.00 wire, rod, angle grinding wheels to weld new floor pan into coupe . . .
.

Driving a 1969 SAAB coupe in “as found” condition using nothing but parts that
came in the wagon, while having 9 square feet of top quality 60’s vintage
Swedish steel as a memento: PRICELESS.   ;)

I drove that couple for almost 10 years before forced to sell it. I still feel
sick over that, but it was financially necessary. I managed to hold out until I
could sell it to a top-notch home, a true SAAB lover, super guy, who promises me
buy-back if he ever sells . . . . he lives at the beach too . . . including all
parts: $2500. So other than gasoline, that car paid me about $100 per year, even
when adjusting for inflation.




On Jul 6, 2015, at 7:02 AM, Brent Kinsey  wrote:

> So, what would be a gloatable price for a '68 SAAB roof panel?  
> 
> Brent A Kinsey
> Brentpmed@c...
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> Mark wrote:
>> Your typical MG or Triumph steel was useless . . . . But I cut and still have
the roof panel from a 1968 SAAB model 95 wagon, and it makes the BEST scrapers.
I can cut the shape I want, based on what I’m doing, then hit the business side
with a medium file and it gives me two awesome “hooks”, one on each side, no
annoying burnishing, and no wear on my diamond stones…..
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