My brother has one for sale. Its mint - a full new body was built 3 weeks ago but now he has got a new job and needs a car that can do some distance daily.
Can anyone please say where is the best place to advertise it is and a likely value?
Thanks
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You could advertise it on www.volkszone.com and www.thesamba.com/vw and of course www.ebay.co.uk
New bodyshells aren't available, so do you mean the bodyshell was repaired?
As for value, it's worth what someone will pay. As a rough guide, you can get plenty of cars needing repair for less than £1000. Something that's totally free of rust for £3000 and the best unrestored early cars are less than £5000.
If you're chasing the top money, it needs to have all the right interior trim, engine and be unmolested. Beetles after 1968 aren't worth as much as the 'sloping headlight' cars made pre '67 though.
Gareth
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I must be feeling cynical this morning. A Beetle that has gone from bare bodyshell to mint in three weeks and is not up to doing "some distance daily". I would be glad to do some distance daily in a Beetle without expecting it to break down in 100,000 miles if it is truly mint and well maintained. And, yes I have done 20,000 miles a year in a 30-year old car (Saab 96) -- they can be incredibly reliable thanks to simplicity.
Listen to Gareth and don't have false expectations. Not everyone's perception of "mint" is the same.
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Perhaps the car is up to it but the driver isn't? There's no doubt an older car, even in perfect condition, isn't as relaxing as a newer one to drive long distances. They can be more involving to drive but remember what its limits are - cruising at 60mph on the motorway is easy in a VW Beetle or a Saab (I had a 95 estate...) but if you want to sit at 75mph with overtaking burtst up to 85mph then even something 10 years old will be much easier.
One thing to remember, the values of Beetles is quite low at the moment as most people who like old VWs want a camper or microbus. Pre '67 campers with the split front windscreen are £4000 and up. And I do mean up - plenty of mint ones have sold for £30k+
Gareth
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Pre '67 campers with the split front windscreen are £4000 and up. And I do mean up - plenty of mint ones have sold for £30k+
The most expensive I have seen is
www.oxfam-stewards.org.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/...G
it is owned by tinyurl.com/snqgb so an added value
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Definately new body parts, saw them in the "flesh" before they were welded and then welded then painted.
The ride quality just is not as good as a modern car and bro is going to be doing some mileage so wants something more practicle and comfortable.
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Worth remembering that the engines have a 3000 mile service schedule, and are not very robust compared to a modern vehicle.
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Don't wish to get thoroughly off topic but it looks more like we have all got a bit soft since this Beetle was built in 1969. I recall my flatmate bringing his Beetle back from the factory in about 1969 or 1970. To have suggested to him that he could not use it every day or for journeys to Moscow (he did that about a year later) would have seemed absurd. I did 30,000 miles one year not long after in a 1966 Morris Minor with only damp winter weather causing the occasional problem. I grew up with cars changing the oil at 3000 miles and still do it routinely at 5000 on my modern vehicles. I'm not actually a fan of Beetles but can't see why a recently rebuilt engine using modern quality parts should not be reliable. Comfort and safety are other issues.
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Very true, I remember 25 years ago my dad did Sussex to London every day in a Skoda Estelle. Over that period roads have got more congested and the need to accellerate to match other cars speeds on slip ways (when joining motorways etc) has increased also.
And yes, one arrives much more relaxed in a modern car then in an older one.
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Skoda in proper tune with a heavy-footed driver can easily keep up with modern traffic and often give it a nasty surprise. I never found Estelles tiring to drive either, although they are a bit noisier than modern cars. Not a bad noise though unless absolutely flat out.
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