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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: Most expensive 71 VW Bus ever? Sold for $47,500.00 Reply with quote

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Before auction:

Type 2 comes from an unknown year with uncertain mileage and nothing about condition other than what's visible. Expected price: $8,000 to $12,000.

After auction:

Dharma Van: $47,500

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/DHARMA_vans

http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2010/08/lost-auction-update-faradays-journal.html

No word on what happened to the other Buses featured in the series.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For that price it better have a porsche or subaru powerplant, oh and a never ending supply of dharma beer. Very Happy

mmm dharmalicious
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wasn't that the bus up for auction that was used to make the show Lost? I remember seeing a thread about it.

If it is then that totally explains the insane price.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did verify that number. It is real and the car world is still wondering what happened. Our belief is that the prices on VW buses will continue to climb for another 10 - 20 years.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I first moved to SF in 1995 I saw plenty of 'em now I see few.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not that the bus is worth anything, it's the fact that people think it might end up valuable like Michaels white gloves.

Tell me that there wouldn't be serious rust issues on that island after all those years Laughing .
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The gloves were a pair, but only one has value. What price for the real Herbie?

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

there is a reason for this sticky http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=318096

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a reason other lost bus threads get locked http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=428066&highlight=lost

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a dedicated lost thread http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=217963

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Before I posted it I typed "Lost" and "Lost Bus" into the search box and could not find the thread, plus I thought a Bus selling at auction having its own thread would not disturb the Farce too much.

I guess with Buses there are a lot of things "lost" with them!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please use the LOST thread above.
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