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Originally posted by widebody911
There are guys in the VW community whose 'job' is just to travel and around and buy this stuff up and drag it to swap meets/flebay.
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I remember old Hot VWs Magazine articles where they'd go to south america and buy up truckloads of VW NOS (&used) parts to bring them back and sell them. Safari windows, 21 window glass, sunroofs canvas, radios, etc...
And yeah, lots of stuff in individual basements. Just a question of either working away at someone for years to sell their stuff, or getting lucky at yard sales & auctions.
Not a whole lot of that action in my neck of the woods, but now and then I get lucky. 3 years ago, I stopped at a yard sale to look at a table saw and saw a bunch of car parts. spied a porsche insignia on some packaging... I bought a NOS main bearing set for a 356 for $5. Also got a set of Jaguar wire wheel knockoffs... nice ashtrays!