I picked up a low mileage '76 today.

[Bert]

13988.7 miles

Been sitting in a conditioned space in the house for twenty years.

 

[joedrum]

nice bert .....the yellows are somewhat rare ......whats the plan

 

[AApple]

A little bit of wax, a little elbow grease, and she's good to go! :mrgreen:
That's a sweetheart, and a heck of a find! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

 

[dan filipi]

Looks like she'll polish up nice!

That's one big ass trunk!
And check out the windshield, cool!

 

[rock42]

now that is sweet. a great find i know it will give you pleasure

 

[Omega Man]

Nice find Bert! Those bags and trunk ROCK! :rocks: I've always been a fan of fat bottomed girls. :whistling: That looks like a Liberty brand set of bags and trunk. Oh snap, look at the windshield extension.

~O~

 

[slabghost]

Wish I could find such a nice deal! I've been watching for a deal like that for over a year now. Not one GL 1000 listed yet.

 

[Bert]

Nice find Bert! Those bags and trunk ROCK! :rocks: I've always been a fan of fat bottomed girls. :whistling: That looks like a Liberty brand set of bags and trunk. Oh snap, look at the windshield extension.

~O~

The trunk and bags are "Calafia" brand. Personally I've never heard of them. They are pretty good sized though.

 

[Bert]

Wish I could find such a nice deal! I've been watching for a deal like that for over a year now. Not one GL 1000 listed yet.

This one wasn't listed either.

Brief Story:

"In the hardware store getting some stainless nuts and bolts. Guy standing next to me says, "What you working on?" I said my 1975 Goldwing. We started talking Goldwings. Salesman walks up over hearing the convesation and says he knows a widow nearby who's husband had a Goldwing and as far as he knows she still has it and wants too sell it. I give him my name and number. Two weeks later another guy calls up and says he is in charge of selling off the widow's husband's tools and toys and would I like to see the stuff. I asked about the Goldwing. He says it's a 1976 with a fairing and bags and a trunk. It's been sitting since 1990 in a conditioned garage. We make an appointment for Sunday, today Nov 14th. I get there and and the place is slap full of woodworking machinery and the Sulfer yellow Goldwing. I start asking prices about some of the machines. I'm shocked by how little he wants finally I ask about the Goldwing.

Four hundred and twenty-five dollars later I'm leaving with 5 hp shaper, a 5 hp double drum thickness sander and the Goldwing. Plus a plethora of clamps and various other stuff."

 

[slabghost]

:head bang: :Awe: :head bang: I'd have given $500 in a flash for the bike alone!

 

[lew1701]

If I were you I wouldn't leave the house for awhile...looks like you used up about 6 months worth of good luck in one day :smilie_happy: . That is a hell of a find. :clapping:

 

[AApple]

Holy Moly!!! That's a hell of a deal right there!! Son-of-a-b.........!!! You were obviously in the right place, at the right time! Congrats on the great haul!! :clapping:
So now...the real question is, does it run? It certainly looks like it cleans up well. :salute:

 

[Bert]

Holy Moly!!! That's a hell of a deal right there!! Son-of-a-b.........!!! You were obviously in the right place, at the right time! Congrats on the great haul!! :clapping:
So now...the real question is, does it run? It certainly looks like it cleans up well. :salute:

It turns over with the kick starter...that's positive.

It goes on the back burner for now as I have to finish a few details on a '68 beetle I've been fixing up for the last two years. I'll get the balance of the money when I finish up in about two weeks.

 

[CBH]

That sure is a nice looking VW! I've had three of them and they are cool little cars!

 

[joedrum]

gee bert the only thing that looks better than the bug is the shop.....looks like it could double for a doctors office :mrgreen:

 

[Bert]

You should see the shop now it doesn't look anything like that since I had my hernia and the operation that followed. I was worthless for about three and half months. I was thinking the same thing about how clean the shop looked when I dug up those two pictures of ther Bug. That's where the bug was when I got hit with the hernia otherwise it would have already been done. All I did was build guitars and shelves. I didn't clean up anything nor move stuff around and organize for months.
Now I've added to the mess with two motorcycles and pieces of one lying all over.

Some guitar shots:

 

[slabghost]

Those are some very nice gitfiddles! You are quite the craftsman!