TheSamba.com :: View topic - Official whine about Late Model/Super and parts for sale

Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:40 pm

no they are styled after webers and work just like them cletus_zuber wrote: These ain't Webers!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1057532

I would buy them for $100 though.

Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:47 pm

well then what are they bc i have a set identical to them and have no clue what they are to get a rebuild kit but I think I paid like 75 for them

Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:07 am

Of all the items in the beetle, why is the %#@) dome light so &@)@!%% expensive! And they aren't even made in Germany!!!! They are crap!

Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:58 am

http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/2215793629.html

This guy is effing high.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=838018

So is this guy, IMO. Nice car, but $47K my ass. :lol:

Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:06 pm

[quote="bugnut68"]http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/2215793629.html

This guy is effing high.

i think i would pay that price if it was 100% restored with a BIG motor and not a super :D

Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:30 pm

[quote="Nirvana92"] bugnut68 wrote: http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/2215793629.html

This guy is effing high.

i think i would pay that price if it was 100% restored with a BIG motor and not a super :D

I could maybe, MAYBE see a $10K plus price tag if it were a '79 vert with virtually no miles, stored in a climate controlled garage, yada yada yada, but all I see is a run of the mill mid'70s Super vert with a budget interior package. Front bumper doesn't even have the impact strip. Lol.

Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:20 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1096041

Quote: Uber cool bug. Must be seen.

Yeah, No fu@#ing sh%t.

Ya gotta give pics for 8 big ones!!! :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:26 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1100641

WHaaaaaaat :?: :!: :lol: :roll:

Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:16 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1102904

Quote: WEBBER IDF 40's Price: 250 firm
Ibought these for my bug but decided to go with fuel injection instead. IDF 40 webbers made in Itay very clean.

never mind that he can't spell the word "weber" or "italy", the ad description says made in italy, but the photos show "made in spain"

i emailed the seller and asked for clarification, which one is it? i just received his response:

"Spain is in the country of italy"

:shock: :lol: :lol: :shock:

they must not be teaching geography in school any more.

Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:00 pm

in Spain, Italy, do they speak French?

:lol:

Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:28 pm

bugninva wrote: in Spain, Italy, do they speak French?

:lol:

looks like authentic Western gibberish from here....

pretty sad, showing off your ignorance like that....

Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:58 pm

blankmange wrote: looks like authentic Western gibberish from here....

pretty sad, showing off your ignorance like that....

well, duh! that's why I asked, so I could be edjumakated.... :lol:

Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:59 pm

bugnut68 wrote:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=838018

So is this guy, IMO. Nice car, but $47K my ass. :lol:
I suspect this is a case of "well yeah honey, i did list it for sale, right here see? it's just not selling for some reason". :lol:

norcalmike wrote:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1100641

WHaaaaaaat :?: :!: :lol: :roll:
that doesn't seem off the mark to me, for a properly restored car like this. most of the "restorations" you see for sale are a $159 maaco paint job over bondo over rust with a lot of missing parts. $15k is fair for a museum quality restoration, which is what this appears to be.

Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:13 pm

i'm selling a super beetle speedometer. an interested buyer emails me and asks which speedometer cable he should buy for his custom sand rail. i tell him the various cable part numbers are all functionally the same, the only difference between them is the length. i suggested he buy the longest one, and gave him a link to a vendor who sells them.

he writes back to me today and says this:
Quote: I can see three different lengths for sale, 1225 mm, 1266 mm, and 1390 mm. I'm not very good with metric and mm, can you tell me which of these is longest?

you've got to be shitting me.

Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:08 pm

well....um...... "they" say.... there is no dumb question...... but whoever said that originally, obviously hadn't heard enough questions..... :lol:

Fri Mar 04, 2011 7:40 am

torsionbar wrote: that doesn't seem off the mark to me, for a properly restored car like this. most of the "restorations" you see for sale are a $159 maaco paint job over bondo over rust with a lot of missing parts. $15k is fair for a museum quality restoration, which is what this appears to be.

Museum quality? I tend to have trouble swallowing the fact that these cars came with 009's, cheap chrome air cleaners, alternators, fat boys, trigger shiffters, etc, etc, etc, etc.....from the factory. That's a decent resto-mod....nothing more. MAYBE worth 7-8K to the right person. A museum artifact? Sure..... an Empi museum, maybe.

EDIT- Forgot the cheap degreed crank pulley. :twisted:

Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:41 pm

bugninva wrote: well....um...... "they" say.... there is no dumb question...... but whoever said that originally, obviously hadn't heard enough questions..... :lol:

too true

Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:40 am

16 grand and this beautiful 1972 super beetle with a GEX engine and 106 "true miles" could be yours... this guy's on fucking crack.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1104755

Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:40 pm

4Doora wrote: 16 grand and this beautiful 1972 super beetle with a GEX engine and 106 "true miles" could be yours... this guy's on fucking crack.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1104755

maybe he's tryin to sell it before the engine craps out :lol:

Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:43 am

So I bought a front disc conversion for my 74 super from a source I won't mention coughmidamericamotorworkscough and while installing the inner bearing race the whole rotor cracks. I call them and I am told this is an " installation error" and he says he would be happy to sell me a new rotor. I bet you would asshole! Apparently putting s race in with a press is the wrong way to do it. Anyone ever do this before?? I'm fuming over here for 2 days now!