Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:30:50 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Advice about buying a bug
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Well,
it's not 'vanagon' and it's not Fridae..
and ..
the Bigger Question to me is ...would anyone want to own and drive one of
those ..
while cute for sure ....and a Cultural Icon and just reeking of 'vw heritage
and history' ...
frankly...............I know this is sacrelidge , but I consider most older
air-cooled VW's to be rather unsafe antiquies.
This particular one ..the price at 5,500 is attractive, but if it needs an
entire interior ...
that's the least easy to deal with area, to me at least.
Just think of how many problems you WON'T have if you don't get it ! !
I did own a 54 Bug once upon a time , small oval rear window, working
Semiphore Turn Signals, 36 hp engine ..
what that would be worth now in nice shape !
Never drove it much, bought it for $ 450 in the late 70's sold for 850 a
year and a half later. I was too into VW Buses, and still am, but in the
vanagon varieity.
last comment ..
'restored cars' ............usually they look totally fake to me.
Especially if 'too restored' and done with reproduction parts mostly.
I would far rather have an unrestored cared-for older car any day !
There is even a car show class for these now - Preservation Class. There are
cars that are 80 yrs old ( even 100 ) that have just been maintained,
repaired, even patched appropriately, but not restored . Love that Patina
of Age. You can never unrestore a car either.
now a VANAGON on the other hand..
there you've got a water-cooled engine and heater system ( in most models )
.....
they're very useful and verstile, and for their configruation, layout, and
era, they are pretty safe.
how did this get on this list today !?
baddy-bad-bad.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:44 AM
Subject: Advice about buying a bug
>I just happened to drive by a local repair shop yesterday and saw a
> really nice 67 VW Beetle sitting next to the shop. I went to talk to
> the shop owner and it belongs to him and was for sale for $5500. It is
> a dark grey color (not original I think), has new floor pans, a rebuilt
> engine and all new brakes. It has recently been painted and the paint
> looks excellent, the engine bay looks like a show vehicle and the dash
> is complete with excellent steering wheel and original radio. However
> the interior needs to be completely redone (no interior panels, no
> carpet, the seats all there but need to be recovered. I know it sounds
> strange but the Beetle is the VW that I know the least about as far as
> value goes. I am wondering if I bought this thing to fix up and resell
> what could I possibly get for it? I was looking on the Samba and the
> prices seem to be all over the map. I have seen some for around $12k
> that seem to be in similar shape with the interior done but is that
> reasonable? I would appreciate any advice on this.
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
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