VW bus pricing
 

Any VW bus experts out there? My lifelong friend was restoring this 79 bus when he passed away. It’s pretty much gutted on the inside and full of various interior and engine parts. It runs good and is legally registered. Any guesses on worth?http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1567220167.jpg

I'd venture $6-8k. Kind of depends on the corrosion situation.

Thanks for the price. Very little rust. He had removed most of it before he painted it.

buy it and put a Porsche in it, would be great.

Nice Mercedes wheels....

I was going to say 7k. Also love the mbz wheels

not the valuable year/model but a far better driver then the early slow ones

just saw a 21 window go for 130k on tv nuts
23 windows are more and older and slower

Yep. I had a 78 Westy that would actually accelerate on a hill.

My son has a 71 Westfalia. I mentioned that he should swap the engine from the 79 into his. He laughed....keep it original was his comment.

could be done

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Subaru swaps are common enough that more than one company supplies conversion kits. Friend of mine has done 2, first one was totalled.

for those it's easier with the liquid cooled newer vanagon, I had a Subie four in mine and my buddy had a Subie six in his, it was a rocket. Both were 89s.

back in the 60's the corvair was the eazy swap into the vw bus

there was a corvair van/bus/truck also
but not a good hiway driver dad had one for a very short time
as it wind wandered badly

My friend put had a Subaru engine put into his 71 Westfalia. Took a reputable shop almost a year and over $20 grand. That thing friggin flys now. They had to do a radiator and some kind of ECU. He wanted a turbo but not enough room.

A half cab with a 993 3.6 would be a fun ride . That is a nice looking van .

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Check the Samba to gauge the pricing.

Byron that is a beauty ! Is it yours or someone you know ?

Use to belong to a friend of mine, sold way too early..

I sold my 1971 tin top Westy 2 years ago for $8k and it was a decent example that I had modified (interior-wise). Nothing too special, but it looked and ran nice. Maybe a 6 or 7 outta 10 in looks. The later versions 1972-on aren't quite a desirable, but there is a market... go to www.thesamba.com .

Thanks guys. I’ll list it on the Samba.

Were we friends? Other than on here?

Got my old 71 single cab shop truck back, after selling it about 15 years ago. I have an extra 3.0 laying around. The Porsche lettering would be cool.
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I had the wrong pictures loaded, a a buddy in NC had one almost identical.
I'll have to see if I can find the pics on my PC, since clearly they aren't on my phone:confused:

That thing must have been a bear to steer at speed, John. :eek:

Even with whatever improved parts were available, those were primitive front ends. When I worked at Bob Smith Porsche in Hollywood back in the ‘80s, the service manager had a double cab w a mild 911T motor in it w 915 that was a nice rig. It was a 1970 or so, 2nd generation. Back then, 911 motors were plentiful and cheap if you were in the business. He probably got it out of a customer’s totaled car.

The ‘79 in the OP is a decent van in terms of engine evolution and general mechanics, as far as these things went. It’s also a year that you used to just about have to give away but things have changed and I’m behind on pricing.

I was going to ask for interior pics but then I read the part about “gutted.” Factory folding bed configuration adds a lot on busses.

The local 911 guru uses just that for his parts-getter:

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And yep - powered by 3.6!

That's a nice one also , thanks for sharing .

That's true. Most of what was needed was there on the W/C Vanagon. I think they upgraded the radiator with another row. And that's what I was thinking of, not an air cooled '79. But some '79's were water cooled. IDK when and where you got one.
And since the subject of this thread doesn't have a front grille....