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Waiting For The Elio Is Easier When You Are Unemployed

DAVID BROWER

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THIS MONTH MARKS TWO YEARS OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR ME .
IN NOVEMBER 2015 MY WIFE HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT AND
I HAVE BEEN HER CARETAKER .

I AM IN LINE FOR TWO ELIOS . I THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD BE A
GREAT COMMUTER CAR BUT WITH NOTHING TO COMMUTE TO , THE WAIT IS EASY !

WE DID FIND ANOTHER ISETTA TO RESTORE WHILE WAITING FOR THE ELIO .
THIS ONE IS IS AMAZINGLY RUST FREE AND IS A CONVERTIBLE WITH THE
FOLD DOWN BACK WINDOW !

HELPS KEEP MY MIND OFF HOW LONG THIS IS TAKING ..............
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Frim

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THIS MONTH MARKS TWO YEARS OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR ME .
IN NOVEMBER 2015 MY WIFE HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT AND
I HAVE BEEN HER CARETAKER .

I AM IN LINE FOR TWO ELIOS . I THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD BE A
GREAT COMMUTER CAR BUT WITH NOTHING TO COMMUTE TO , THE WAIT IS EASY !

WE DID FIND ANOTHER ISETTA TO RESTORE WHILE WAITING FOR THE ELIO .
THIS ONE IS IS AMAZINGLY RUST FREE AND IS A CONVERTIBLE WITH THE
FOLD DOWN BACK WINDOW !

HELPS KEEP MY MIND OFF HOW LONG THIS IS TAKING ..............
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Hang in there. I have been overloaded for the past 3 years, but beginning this past month, it is all coming together. I can even afford the Elio. I was also served notice last Fri. that I need to plan my retirement. I will be 75 in Nov. It will be good to quit before they bury me.:D
 

Johnny Acree

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THIS MONTH MARKS TWO YEARS OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR ME .
IN NOVEMBER 2015 MY WIFE HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT AND
I HAVE BEEN HER CARETAKER .

I AM IN LINE FOR TWO ELIOS . I THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD BE A
GREAT COMMUTER CAR BUT WITH NOTHING TO COMMUTE TO , THE WAIT IS EASY !

WE DID FIND ANOTHER ISETTA TO RESTORE WHILE WAITING FOR THE ELIO .
THIS ONE IS IS AMAZINGLY RUST FREE AND IS A CONVERTIBLE WITH THE
FOLD DOWN BACK WINDOW !

HELPS KEEP MY MIND OFF HOW LONG THIS IS TAKING ..............
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Why does the stool look like it's tied down better than the Isetta?
 

Samalross

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THIS MONTH MARKS TWO YEARS OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR ME .
IN NOVEMBER 2015 MY WIFE HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT AND
I HAVE BEEN HER CARETAKER .

I AM IN LINE FOR TWO ELIOS . I THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD BE A
GREAT COMMUTER CAR BUT WITH NOTHING TO COMMUTE TO , THE WAIT IS EASY !

WE DID FIND ANOTHER ISETTA TO RESTORE WHILE WAITING FOR THE ELIO .
THIS ONE IS IS AMAZINGLY RUST FREE AND IS A CONVERTIBLE WITH THE
FOLD DOWN BACK WINDOW !

HELPS KEEP MY MIND OFF HOW LONG THIS IS TAKING ..............
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Looks good. How do you find parts for it? Especially the windshield. I have a 36 Austin, need to get parts from England, not cheap.
 

wizard of ahs

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Hang in there. I have been overloaded for the past 3 years, but beginning this past month, it is all coming together. I can even afford the Elio. I was also served notice last Fri. that I need to plan my retirement. I will be 75 in Nov. It will be good to quit before they bury me.:D
Just quit.........I did and didn't look back :D
Now you just have to hope, like the rest of us old farts, that we get an Elio before we "retire" :p
 

DAVID BROWER

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Looks good. How do you find parts for it? Especially the windshield.

IT CAME WITH A GREAT STASH OF PARTS , MUCH OF IT NEW .
IT HAS PERFECT SIDE GLASS AND A NEW WINDSHIELD !

IT ALSO HAS NEW RUBBER AND A FULL SET OF NEW/REPLATED BUMPERS .
LAST ONE OF THESE I DID , THE PLATING BILL ALONE WAS $1200 .

I HAD TO TAKE DOWN MY WALL OF LICENSE PLATES AND PUT UP SHELVES TO MAKE ROOM .

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