Earle Horton

The closest local areas are Denver, Albuquerque, and Salt Lake! I am six to
eight hours from any of these. I think the advice on the Craigs List site,
against buying out of town stuff, puts a damper on advertising in any of
these.

I cleaned it up, and put it on the corner with a For Sale sign in the
window. A number of people looked at it already, but no offers yet. I
bought the lot next to mine last year, to prevent anyone building there.
Now it's a one vehicle used car lot! Next month we're fencing it in, so the
corgi has a place to run around. Country life is great. The town I used to
live in, would probably have issued a non-conforming use citation, for
either activity.

Earle

"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote in message
news:b2p25290qpsp4hsc6m3has54aiq7qf01mn@4ax.com...
> is www.craigslist.com active in your area?
>
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:04:47 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> >>Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one,
read
> >>web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on
the
> >>Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV.
Now I
> >>have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself.
I
> >>originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but
I
> >>just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> >>never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> >>either.
> >>
> >>We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> >>pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
carcass
> >>around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> >>cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> >>dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> >>Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
to
> >>Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
of
> >>no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
sell
> >>for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> >>Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
> >>
> >>Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> >>listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When
I
> >>sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
newsgroup,
> >>who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take
care of
> >>it. I just want the money.

Earle Horton

The closest local areas are Denver, Albuquerque, and Salt Lake! I am six to
eight hours from any of these. I think the advice on the Craigs List site,
against buying out of town stuff, puts a damper on advertising in any of
these.

I cleaned it up, and put it on the corner with a For Sale sign in the
window. A number of people looked at it already, but no offers yet. I
bought the lot next to mine last year, to prevent anyone building there.
Now it's a one vehicle used car lot! Next month we're fencing it in, so the
corgi has a place to run around. Country life is great. The town I used to
live in, would probably have issued a non-conforming use citation, for
either activity.

Earle

"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote in message
news:b2p25290qpsp4hsc6m3has54aiq7qf01mn@4ax.com...
> is www.craigslist.com active in your area?
>
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:04:47 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> >>Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one,
read
> >>web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on
the
> >>Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV.
Now I
> >>have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself.
I
> >>originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but
I
> >>just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> >>never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> >>either.
> >>
> >>We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> >>pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
carcass
> >>around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> >>cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> >>dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> >>Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
to
> >>Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
of
> >>no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
sell
> >>for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> >>Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
> >>
> >>Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> >>listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When
I
> >>sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
newsgroup,
> >>who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take
care of
> >>it. I just want the money.

Earle Horton

The closest local areas are Denver, Albuquerque, and Salt Lake! I am six to
eight hours from any of these. I think the advice on the Craigs List site,
against buying out of town stuff, puts a damper on advertising in any of
these.

I cleaned it up, and put it on the corner with a For Sale sign in the
window. A number of people looked at it already, but no offers yet. I
bought the lot next to mine last year, to prevent anyone building there.
Now it's a one vehicle used car lot! Next month we're fencing it in, so the
corgi has a place to run around. Country life is great. The town I used to
live in, would probably have issued a non-conforming use citation, for
either activity.

Earle

"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote in message
news:b2p25290qpsp4hsc6m3has54aiq7qf01mn@4ax.com...
> is www.craigslist.com active in your area?
>
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:04:47 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> >>Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one,
read
> >>web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on
the
> >>Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV.
Now I
> >>have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself.
I
> >>originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but
I
> >>just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> >>never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> >>either.
> >>
> >>We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> >>pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
carcass
> >>around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> >>cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> >>dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> >>Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
to
> >>Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
of
> >>no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
sell
> >>for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> >>Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
> >>
> >>Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> >>listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When
I
> >>sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
newsgroup,
> >>who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take
care of
> >>it. I just want the money.

Stupendous Man

The Trader has always been a good way to sell, but unless the vehicle is
rare, you are looking for a local crowd. There must be some little
advertiser papers out of Montrose and Durango that would cover the local
market. At least parking it at the "Y" where you enter town would get it
seen by travellers.
So, can i camp in your lot next time im in town? lol.
I was there again last August, saw someone building a house in two cabooses
end to end. Weird.


--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

Stupendous Man

The Trader has always been a good way to sell, but unless the vehicle is
rare, you are looking for a local crowd. There must be some little
advertiser papers out of Montrose and Durango that would cover the local
market. At least parking it at the "Y" where you enter town would get it
seen by travellers.
So, can i camp in your lot next time im in town? lol.
I was there again last August, saw someone building a house in two cabooses
end to end. Weird.


--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

Stupendous Man

The Trader has always been a good way to sell, but unless the vehicle is
rare, you are looking for a local crowd. There must be some little
advertiser papers out of Montrose and Durango that would cover the local
market. At least parking it at the "Y" where you enter town would get it
seen by travellers.
So, can i camp in your lot next time im in town? lol.
I was there again last August, saw someone building a house in two cabooses
end to end. Weird.


--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

Earle Horton

The two cabooses are on a "half lot", which is 25 by 100. Town code
requires 50 by 100 to build a house, but the owner called the cabooses a
"manufactured" or "mobile" home, and so the town let him put it there. This
ticked off his neighbor no end. The neighbor had had the opportunity to buy
the lot, but figured no one could ever build on it. He neglected to take
greed into account, and the fact that laws are regularly bent for people
with money. I think that you can rent the cabooses now. The Wyatt Hotel
has one for rent too. It's supposed to be real fancy inside. Tourists will
pay for anything. I am glad when they go home in the fall.

I am going to put a fence around the yard, let the corgi play in it, and
enjoy the wide open spaces. Damn! I have an ideal vantage point, for
viewing the Independence Day fireworks now! There is an ordinance against
camping on private property, for longer than 20 days a year. The locals
regularly break it, including the sheriff. What many don't know, is that
you can legally camp on the **street** as long as you want. The sheriff,
for example, "stores" her trailer in the yard during the off season, and
then parks it on the street when the snow melts. What kind of rig do you
have?

Earle

"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4bdgkgF10ll8mU1@individual.net...
> The Trader has always been a good way to sell, but unless the vehicle is
> rare, you are looking for a local crowd. There must be some little
> advertiser papers out of Montrose and Durango that would cover the local
> market. At least parking it at the "Y" where you enter town would get it
> seen by travellers.
> So, can i camp in your lot next time im in town? lol.
> I was there again last August, saw someone building a house in two
cabooses
> end to end. Weird.
>
>
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
>

Earle Horton

The two cabooses are on a "half lot", which is 25 by 100. Town code
requires 50 by 100 to build a house, but the owner called the cabooses a
"manufactured" or "mobile" home, and so the town let him put it there. This
ticked off his neighbor no end. The neighbor had had the opportunity to buy
the lot, but figured no one could ever build on it. He neglected to take
greed into account, and the fact that laws are regularly bent for people
with money. I think that you can rent the cabooses now. The Wyatt Hotel
has one for rent too. It's supposed to be real fancy inside. Tourists will
pay for anything. I am glad when they go home in the fall.

I am going to put a fence around the yard, let the corgi play in it, and
enjoy the wide open spaces. Damn! I have an ideal vantage point, for
viewing the Independence Day fireworks now! There is an ordinance against
camping on private property, for longer than 20 days a year. The locals
regularly break it, including the sheriff. What many don't know, is that
you can legally camp on the **street** as long as you want. The sheriff,
for example, "stores" her trailer in the yard during the off season, and
then parks it on the street when the snow melts. What kind of rig do you
have?

Earle

"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4bdgkgF10ll8mU1@individual.net...
> The Trader has always been a good way to sell, but unless the vehicle is
> rare, you are looking for a local crowd. There must be some little
> advertiser papers out of Montrose and Durango that would cover the local
> market. At least parking it at the "Y" where you enter town would get it
> seen by travellers.
> So, can i camp in your lot next time im in town? lol.
> I was there again last August, saw someone building a house in two
cabooses
> end to end. Weird.
>
>
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
>

Earle Horton

The two cabooses are on a "half lot", which is 25 by 100. Town code
requires 50 by 100 to build a house, but the owner called the cabooses a
"manufactured" or "mobile" home, and so the town let him put it there. This
ticked off his neighbor no end. The neighbor had had the opportunity to buy
the lot, but figured no one could ever build on it. He neglected to take
greed into account, and the fact that laws are regularly bent for people
with money. I think that you can rent the cabooses now. The Wyatt Hotel
has one for rent too. It's supposed to be real fancy inside. Tourists will
pay for anything. I am glad when they go home in the fall.

I am going to put a fence around the yard, let the corgi play in it, and
enjoy the wide open spaces. Damn! I have an ideal vantage point, for
viewing the Independence Day fireworks now! There is an ordinance against
camping on private property, for longer than 20 days a year. The locals
regularly break it, including the sheriff. What many don't know, is that
you can legally camp on the **street** as long as you want. The sheriff,
for example, "stores" her trailer in the yard during the off season, and
then parks it on the street when the snow melts. What kind of rig do you
have?

Earle

"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4bdgkgF10ll8mU1@individual.net...
> The Trader has always been a good way to sell, but unless the vehicle is
> rare, you are looking for a local crowd. There must be some little
> advertiser papers out of Montrose and Durango that would cover the local
> market. At least parking it at the "Y" where you enter town would get it
> seen by travellers.
> So, can i camp in your lot next time im in town? lol.
> I was there again last August, saw someone building a house in two
cabooses
> end to end. Weird.
>
>
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
>

Stupendous Man

I am always travelling by Goldwing when i come out that way. I go to an
annual event at Cedaredge, up from Delta, and have inlaws in Mancos. We
spent 4 days in Ouray camped a short walk from the hot springs last year,
but may be going to Alaska this year. Someday I will haul the Jeepster out
with a motorhome, but would want to make a month trip, too many places to
Jeep out there.