Kijiji Find

[dagnabbitt]

I don't think the US has kijiji, but think of it as Canadian Craigslist. Anyway I am sharing this here just because no one in my personal life would appreciate it but some of you would.

I came across an ad during my regular online searches for buckets and consoles a couple weeks ago. The owner wanted $30 for a really, really ugly pair of seats with a familiar looking console in between them.

When I called, someone had called before me, and the seller agreed to hold them for this guy until he was back in town, on May 8th. Needless to say, the seller is a pretty nice guy, I didn't understand why he would do that but I said ok, put me next in line. Late in the evening of the 8th he let me know that the other guy wasn't responding and if I wanted to look at them I could. So I borrowed $30 from my wife and left in 5 minutes.

They looked even worse in person: I think the buckets were out of a 2 door car since they tilted forward easily, and they were all covered in this 70's velour that was originally a root beer brown, but which was now lime yellow.

I was pleased to see what I thought I saw in the photos, a buddy bucket jump seat in the middle! I gave him his $30 and took the lot.

The buddy jumpseat is covered in the same horrible velour, and the metal base has a lot of surface rust. I have disassembled it and plan to sandblast the base, and hopefully will find someone to redo the seat and top in vinyl. I was hoping to find a place that sells just the jumpseat's replacement cover, or someone with a cover to sell, but it seems that is unlikely.

I have wanted a set of buddies for a long time, and it is just my luck that I now have two middle sections in my collection but no seats. Oh well, I will keep searching the buy and sells.