A guy I went to high school with has an early to mid 70's superbeetle.
He bought it a couple years ago, it had been sitting since shep was a pup and I'm convinced this thing had 7000 miles on it.
Original tires, original faded paint, original faded interior, original brakes, no wear on the pedals or factory carpet, I checked it out for him and the ODO sure seemed to be correct, it hadn't turned over.
It ran after the battery was replaced and we put some fresh gas in it. The brakes were shot as at least one slave cylinder was stuck.
Anywho he bought it after I suggested he replace all the rubber bits because it had been sitting so long. It hadn't been registered in forever and didn't get a title to it at first but he finally got that all straightened out and it's now fully and cleanly registered to him.
He had the brakes worked on (minimum scope possible) and drove it for a year without any other work on it. It ran fine, no problems even though all he did was put gas in it and drive it back and forth to work.
Then, one day (you can probably guess where this is going) a gas hose sprung a leak and the engine caught fire. A good samaritan had an extinguisher and put it out quickly.
It damaged the carb, some hoses, a little engine wiring, distributor cap and wires, and blackened the deck lid a little. Not much damage considering.
He bought everything necessary to fix it, but he aint exactly handy with a wrench so he never got around to working on it. I volunteered to come over and put it all together for him a while back but he had other things to do and acted like he didn't care so I blew it off.
Now he says he'd sell me the bug for a grand.
I know I could have it all fixed in a few hours, a quick cheap paint job, a little TLC here and there and for under $2k I would have a reliable, clean bug. Which I don't need.
if I bought it I'd do it just to flip it and make some bux.
I don't need the money, I don't need another project, so why am I so tempted?
Anyone know how much a bug like that in good condition would be worth nowadays?
Maybe someone else will come along and snag it up before I pull the trigger. It's in Anaheim hint hint
