If you were going to get a VW bug, which year would you get?

[azasadny]

Originally Posted by Tobra

'74 Super Beetle. Superior front and rear suspension, still had carb for simpler resto. you can even put the rear suspension and brakes off a 944 on a SB without too much trouble.

Watch for strut tower and frame head rust, in addition to battery and usual areas for standard bug

Yep, same here!

[Brother]

There just happened to be a classified ad in the Sac Bee this weekend. '58 Project car with no rust.

I called. It is, by the owner's account, a primer bodied, running engine, weak transmission car. I'm assuming the interior is not good. He is asking $1500, but on the phone he already hinted at lowering the price.

This could be something. He said what is there is stock. I've got to do a little research on the specific year before I go look.


Thom, it is in your neighborhood.

[ckissick]

Sounds promising, assuming his definition of "no rust" means no rust. What is the original color?

[Brother]

I don't know about the color.

We all know "no rust" means nothing that you can see from across the parking lot.

[Tobra]

Perhaps you could bribe Thom with a beer or lunch to go check it out with you. Nothing like a pair of educated eyes to pick out potential problems.

Take a weak magnet, some crappy clothes you can climb around under a car with, little flashlight, inspection mirror, probably other stuff too

[Brother]

Bribes will be made when the time comes. I'm getting closer to the commitment stage, but I'm still in the planning stage until I get my garage cleaned out. I don't want to waste anyone's time until then.

I just got a big shipment of furniture from some family estate stuff. I've got to get all my old stuff out of my garage first. There is a big charity garage sale in my neighborhood pretty soon so I'm waiting to clear out. That and I have a few other medium sized projects to take care of first before I drag a car home. I finished a trailer yesterday, and I need to build a shed this week before we go camping this weekend.

The list is long after being gone for a few months.

[Racerbvd]

Saw this one for sale..

1957 oval ragtop w/ semaphores
Price..... trade/6000 obo
User...... j dee
Name...... jesse
EMail..... j.vargas95@yahoo.com
Phone #... 760-241-8470
Location.. victorville, California, USA
Description:
for is my oval window, nice dry sold car, need to sell asap
1914 motor with dual 40 dellortos
041 heads, big valves, hi rev spings, chromoly retainers
pro street trans with close ratio 1-3 and freeway 4th
disk brakes in front with porsche bolt pattern
porsche bolt pattern rear drums
6in narrowed beam with adjusters
drop spindals
porsche cookiecutters 6's and 7's
new 135's in front, 205-65's in back
semi's where welded in, but they did a good job, and they work
no rust on pan or body
four tab hood
w deck lid
h apron
seats are in good shape, carpet also
door panels are in good shape
any questions call or email.
CASH, CASH< CASH
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If you would like to see this ad in detail:

[Ray B]

I wouldn't turn down a nice ghia. +1 on the '67, the more original, the better.

[Danimal16]

I like the 67. Neat headlights and the older bumpers. Just a cool car.

My brother is the second owner of an all (with the exception of the paint) original 62.

[Brother]

I went to go look at the 58 that was in the paper.

(As an aside, if you list a car in the classifieds and leave a number, answer your phone. If not, return a message. It took over a week to get a meeting time set.

Anyways, here is what rust free looks like.




Oops. Forgot to mention that there was no roof. Upgraded to 12 volt. Underbody looked fine. Mechanicals are probably okay. I say probably because there was no battery to try and turn it over. There were enough acorns in the interior and engine bay to survive off of if the car ever broke down so that is a plus.

I employed the "Shut Up" strategy with the guy and just walked around and poked and prodded. He just kept talking and talking. Without any prompting he dropped the price down to $1000. 33% off without a word. I'm going to have to use that technique more often. I didn't buy it though. I told him that I would have to do more research.

[trekkor]

That's not a '68.


KT

[ckissick]

That's a '58 right? It's not a '68.

That's rust free huh? Well, if you want to try your hand at rust repair, offer $500. That's a nice, original front bumper, hard to find.

[Brother]

Yes, my typo. It is a 58.

[The Gaijin]

I like it!

[Cornpanzer]

Yeah, me too. hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like the rust is that arid desert rust that is more of a protective coating. As long as the aprons are unhit, that car here in Ohio would be considered a virgin one-owner!

[Brother]

Here is one that I'm following up on. He sent me some pictures. It looks like it took a slow speed hit to the front.

TheSamba.com :: VW Classifieds - 61 Beetle

[Burnin' oil]

FYI, I bought a '69 vert in Twain Harte a few weeks ago for $4k. Very good shape with a recently rebuilt motor and transmission and with disc brakes in the front. So far, so good.

[Rufblackbird]

If you're even slightly interested in a '69, my roommate might be selling his 2nd owner (original was his grandpa) bug with under 40k miles. The body needs some work (paint is bubbling under the pass rear window, some rust under the brake reservoir) but it's completely stock save for the paint (currently red) and 15x6 Fuchs.

[widebody911]

That thing is a piece. Looks like they sold off the sunroof; $500 would be generous.

I listed this '66 for a neighbor. He's dreaming @ $5k, but you could probably get it for $3k

TheSamba.com :: VW Classifieds - 1966 bug, very clean