So what is this? This "Thing"?

I spend a fair amount of time looking at cars online, and I read blogs like "Bring A Trailer" and "Daily Tourismo", and enjoy checking out the lower priced cars they find, especially the ones that are in the $5000 - $6000 range. Since I check Craigslist so much myself (and have found cars for both websites) I thought I'd just put up my own blog and share with the wide wide web. I go to lots of car meets, and I love to ask "how would you spend $100,000?" Lots of folks would buy one nice car, but I would be more inclined to buy 20 cool $5000 cars instead. I set the blog limit at $10k per car, because sometimes the extra $5k will buy you a ton more car.

I also started this place because I need a way to warm my mind up for my "real" job, part of which consists of blogging for our company website, here. That's more insurance oriented, obviously, but as we specialize in classic and custom car insurance, there is some good info, especially if you are just starting a car collection.

Finally, I'm going to link directly to the Craigslist ad (or other) that I find, but I will be saving photos here so if the car sells before you get a chance to read, you can still see what we are talking about. If you have a car to submit, please feel free to email it to me - whether it is your ad or someone else's doesn't matter at this point, so send 'em if you have them.

Now, on to today's car. Sort of.

1973 Volkswagen "Thing"

I say "sort of" because I don't know if the Thing is a car, or a 4 wheeled motorcycle, or a really underpowered Jeep. When I was in high school, I wanted one of these so bad I could taste it. I drove a VW bug (several, actually) and spent a lot of time thinking about how I could turn the car I had into a Karmann Ghia or a Thing, but my cars where all purchased for less than $700, and even then, I probably paid too much. Flipping them for a profit was out of the question, and even after I dumped plenty of paychecks into each one, there was zero increase in value, as I was always chasing problems and not making improvements.

Other Side

This Thing is listed at $4500 (and has been for quite some time, I might add) and is described as being in "good shape, running and driving", but does need some interior work and brakes. I've never worked on a Thing before, but I can tell you that I redid two "Bug" interiors myself, and they are pretty simple. As the Thing is based on the German military "jeep", I'd assume that interior is easy on these is pretty simple as well. I'm also guessing it wouldn't be as bad if he didn't let those kids play in the thing, but that's just me.
I'm not up on the Thing market, and don't know what these are "worth", but this one looks pretty straight and shiny, and offers a good place to start, at the very least.

Here is a link to the Craigslist ad.