Grady Clay's car F/S on the Samba

sm70911 · sm70911's Garage

I very much hope an enthusiast buys this car, and drives it to honor the former owner. A great member of this community who contributed so much.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1845434

Matt Monson · 10-07-2015, 01:55 PM

Looks super rough. The question I guess I have is why is a dealer in NC selling a car located in Estes Park. And why didn't Roger sell this when he helped Grady's widow liquidate the other things?

brianvb · 10-07-2015, 01:57 PM

Flipperific ?????

Norm K · 10-07-2015, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Looks super rough. The question I guess I have is why is a dealer in NC selling a car located in Estes Park.

I wondered that too, Matt, then thought maybe it was probably a keystroke error.

Rich Gas · 10-07-2015, 04:54 PM

Not cool using Grady's name like that....

blau911 · 10-08-2015, 02:30 AM

Was the car rolled or did a tree land on it?

Matt Monson · 10-08-2015, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich Gas

Not cool using Grady's name like that....

I suspect if he's making the claim he's got to have it titled in Grady's name. It's still weird. I don't know why Grady would have a storage space in Estes when he lived in Denver, CO (not NC).

Or maybe these pictures were when it left Denver and it is now in Estes. I'm 20 miles away. If someone was a serious buyer and got more details from the seller I would be happy to go inspect it.

creaturecat · 10-08-2015, 07:50 AM

it sorta looks like his car, no?

Matt Monson · 10-08-2015, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by creaturecat

it sorta looks like his car, no?

Yes. And those wheels are very much his style. I guarantee they are real R wheels with 67 pro dates on them if it is Grady's

creaturecat · 10-08-2015, 08:34 AM

pretty expensive, for the condition?
quite the pedigree. Wayne should buy it.

gearby · 10-08-2015, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Yes. And those wheels are very much his style. I guarantee they are real R wheels with 67 pro dates on them if it is Grady's

Those aren't 7r's. Later 15 x 7's.
If Grady always ran 7 R wheels, I wonder where his wheels went to?

Matt Monson · 10-08-2015, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by gearby

Those aren't 7r's. Later 15 x 7's.
If Grady always ran 7 R wheels, I wonder where his wheels went to?

Sorry, I'm not enough of an expert to know the difference visually. My comment was mostly to the point that if it is really Grady's car those will not be the replica wheels that are found on so many of these older cars, including one of two that I have purchased. They will be Fuchs, though if they are later I'm guessing not as valuable.

Albert356 · 10-08-2015, 02:43 PM

we've restored worst. Great candidate!

Flynt · 10-08-2015, 10:44 PM

If anybody get this car and "restores" it they should be strung up. Assuming the description is correct..

gearby · 10-08-2015, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Sorry, I'm not enough of an expert to know the difference visually. My comment was mostly to the point that if it is really Grady's car those will not be the replica wheels that are found on so many of these older cars, including one of two that I have purchased. They will be Fuchs, though if they are later I'm guessing not as valuable.

Not quite as valuable, however if they're the 15 X 7's that take the 3 pronged cap, they're considered RS wheels and still quite valuable. Since this is Grady's car, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they are RS wheels. For reference, the 7R wheel looks identical to the deep six from the front.

Matt Monson · 10-09-2015, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by gearby

Not quite as valuable, however if they're the 15 X 7's that take the 3 pronged cap, they're considered RS wheels and still quite valuable. Since this is Grady's car, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they are RS wheels. For reference, the 7R wheel looks identical to the deep six from the front.

I did not know this. Thanks.