you're on the money wayne - i was a bit tempted by a ghia i saw for sale last year with a neatly installed 2.4E engine.

One of my many Bugs. Started out as a 67. I miss this car:( http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1147780846.gif
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There are occasionally driver quality 356s posted for sale for $12-15k... and those will only go up in value.

That'd be my choice..........the uber-bug.

Can't believe no one has directed you to this site yet: www.thesamba.com

Re: Refurbishing a Classic VW Bug?
 

I may have the car for you, PM me if you become serious.

There's a '69 912 for sale locally for $3500

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/car/160843493.html

get a 914;)


KT

I agree with the idea of buying a '67 or earlier car. One of my all time favorite cars was a '65 VW I had. It was stolen in '90 out of my driveway. It had been painted (sort of a pea green), new interior, wheels and I had a nice 1776 to go into it. It was a sunroof car & I just loved getting into it in the morning, cranking the sunroof open, and driving to work. After it was stolen was when I bought my first Porsche. I'd still buy one like it in a second.

Here's a couple of projects I have waiting in the wings: a '56 sunroof bug and a '56 hardtop. The hardtop was originally a parts car, but it's actually pretty straight and dry. Unfortunately the dope fiend that owned it before me sold off the good bits - including the aprons - to score some drugs.

Some day I'll get the '61 double cab prettied up as well, but at least it's a running bus.

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glad I looked at the pic. For a minute I thought you started dating older women...or older couples even. Hey, to each their own...

I hope for a resumption someday of JW's "Bugster" project. A ragtop beetle with a mid-mounted flat six. That's right. The engine would be right next to the driver's right ear. Done right, there is no question this would be featured in a magazine.

Ged, your yard looks "more full" of stuff than mine does, and that's not easily done.

i would give a left nut for a dbl cab.....

Here ya go, only $8,500
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classi...um/1155601.jpg

need a left nut or a kidney?

The Samba is a great site, thx.
I prefer to keep oem/stock if possible, but for entertainment here are a few misc sites:
http://www.bugzilla.com Chop and custom unfinished
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/garage/1811 Misc wild VW configurations
http://www.hotrod.com/eventcoverage/113_0505_pump_gas_results/index5.html Car #37 has a 409V8

This would be the Ghia of choice.


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KT

Bugs can do anything!

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1147873213.jpg

Wow that silver Ghia is beautiful. I kicked around the idea of a Ghia about 6 months ago but I figured I wouldn't fit well. Course, I fit ok in a bug so why not a Ghia? And I could always take the easy way out and buy a convertible...lots of head room in those.

I like this idea a lot. My next purchase may well be a Ghia!!