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This is a problem this community will have to cope with in the not to long from now (sooner, if these repeat offenders continue to break glass at the current rate)

I have an acquaintance who owns a Volkswagen Fox (no accounting for taste) and he said the enthusiast community suffered large losses in members when the windshields ran out. It is now impossible to replace the windshield on those cars, so once it is cracked beyond the limits of saftey, the car in junk.

Loss of parts will eventually take its toll on this community as well, we have experienced a resurgence of numbers now that the price of the SVX has fallen into the I don't need to finance it range. Prices will go up from here, and indeed, already have begun to as the number of cars that are not trashed dwindles. At some point the price will skyrocket as the parts supply disappears, and restoration is no longer possible without extraordinarily expensive fabrication. At that point, only the nicest examples of the car will be viable drivers.

Windshields will probably be the first real pinch. We lucked out that the SVX drivetrain utilized parts from such a long range of years, and will probably be available for many years to come.


Most exterior body panels can be reproduced easily, even the interior trim can be replicated without much expense. But glass isn't a do it yourself kind of thing.


-Patrick