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just throwing out ideas here.....I was on this site every morn before work and every evening for about a year and a half before I bought my first deuce (a 1970) 3 years ago from a member I met through this site, bulldogmack 13 (that's us in the pic on 9/11/11, he stage right) and I am on my second one (a 1987). I bought my 2nd one from GL, see before and after photos. I have learned all about the maintenance of it on this site, although I did go to trade school 30 years ago for mechanics.
Do some searches on here or thru goggle, it will bring you here, about..... thinking of buying a duece, bought a duece, things to take along for pickup of duece, etc. Search ebay, craigslist, classifieds here, GL, maybe using "M35a2", it will give you ideas and knowledge of what to pay. Best of luck. Dont worry about getting it right the first time, you can learn on that, sell that one and get another one.