Jack,
I've been reading the post, and I'm so sorry to hear that your baby coughed up a lung. BIG time bummer. You where one of the first VX owners I met after I bought mine, and it would be a sad day to lose you from the fold.
If you ABSOLUTELY can't find a way to bring the VX back, I would say that you would probably make more money parting it out yourself, than to try and sell it as a whole to someone or a salvage yard. I know that's a big pain in the ***** for you (having to store it, and take the time to take the parts off, clean them, box them, and ship them), but it'll probably net you the most money. Being a complete cannibal I can think of a few parts that I would buy.
Keep us up to date on what you decide.
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