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Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:12 pm

Here is a bus that recently sold on CL for, I'm guessing, $750 or less

CL

humboldt >
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Posted: 9 days ago

1959 VW Baja bus **SOLD**SOLD***

condition: salvage
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
title status: parts only
transmission: manual
type: bus

1959 baja bus, very rusty body chopped and shot , Buick aluminum block v8 with adapter plate ran when parked 10? Years ago. Some good hard to find vintage parts. Engine turns. Wood rats nested in bus. Not for the faint of heart, but somebody wants this.its on a trailer so I could drop it someplace not too far away from humboldt bay. Please no time wasters, or dreamers.This is a roach!no more pictures, it is what it is.$750 or trade sorry no title,but I do have the originL 59 westfalia I'd badges.

It is now currently on CL for $4500. Quite a nice profit for a trailer ride into Southern California.

1959 VW BUS BAJA

THIS BUS RACED THE BAJA 500

V8 BUICK MOTOR

RAN BEFORE PARKED

ASKING 4500 OBO

PLEASE CALL ME

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/5417988077.html

Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:54 pm

vwmike wrote: norcalmike wrote: Atlantic wrote: "This restoration started from a beautiful all original Westfalia that had ZERO rust."

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1889892

... ouch

Ruined

Ha ha yes I agree, but I think it would of sold very well at the Barrett Jackson auction, it's so shiny, lol......

I see this bus in the Ladera Ranch area a lot. I think the guy has several VW's..
Barrett hackson has more of the market for a bus like this.

Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:31 pm

olliehank47 wrote: Here is a bus that recently sold on CL for, I'm guessing, $750 or less

CL

humboldt >
for sale >
cars & trucks - by owner
Posted: 9 days ago

1959 VW Baja bus **SOLD**SOLD***

condition: salvage
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
title status: parts only
transmission: manual
type: bus

1959 baja bus, very rusty body chopped and shot , Buick aluminum block v8 with adapter plate ran when parked 10? Years ago. Some good hard to find vintage parts. Engine turns. Wood rats nested in bus. Not for the faint of heart, but somebody wants this.its on a trailer so I could drop it someplace not too far away from humboldt bay. Please no time wasters, or dreamers.This is a roach!no more pictures, it is what it is.$750 or trade sorry no title,but I do have the originL 59 westfalia I'd badges.

It is now currently on CL for $4500. Quite a nice profit for a trailer ride into Southern California.

1959 VW BUS BAJA

THIS BUS RACED THE BAJA 500

V8 BUICK MOTOR

RAN BEFORE PARKED

ASKING 4500 OBO

PLEASE CALL ME

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/5417988077.html

Worth more than 750, it looks like a high hinge westy.

Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:36 pm

brettsvw wrote: olliehank47 wrote: Here is a bus that recently sold on CL for, I'm guessing, $750 or less

CL

humboldt >
for sale >
cars & trucks - by owner
Posted: 9 days ago

1959 VW Baja bus **SOLD**SOLD***

condition: salvage
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
title status: parts only
transmission: manual
type: bus

1959 baja bus, very rusty body chopped and shot , Buick aluminum block v8 with adapter plate ran when parked 10? Years ago. Some good hard to find vintage parts. Engine turns. Wood rats nested in bus. Not for the faint of heart, but somebody wants this.its on a trailer so I could drop it someplace not too far away from humboldt bay. Please no time wasters, or dreamers.This is a roach!no more pictures, it is what it is.$750 or trade sorry no title,but I do have the originL 59 westfalia I'd badges.

It is now currently on CL for $4500. Quite a nice profit for a trailer ride into Southern California.

1959 VW BUS BAJA

THIS BUS RACED THE BAJA 500

V8 BUICK MOTOR

RAN BEFORE PARKED

ASKING 4500 OBO

PLEASE CALL ME

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/5417988077.html

Worth more than 750, it looks like a high hinge westy.

That has been sectioned, unfortunately. :?

Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:19 pm

I will leave this here
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1890471

Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:26 pm

Yeah, this has gotten completely out of hand.

Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:13 pm

Agree. out of hand....
It's only worth what people actually will pay for.
People ask crazy $$ for Type 2's... but it's fun to watch all the "reserve not met" auctions on ebay. It's a reality check for boneheads.
Barret Jackson prices are a terrible thing for those of us who have been in the VW scene for a long time.

Side note... this is a bad time to be looking for a 11-13 window walk through.
At least I might get crazy $$ for my convertible type 1 to offset the cost. :)

I love this thread. Thanks guys for great "office" reading!!!

Much love

-Marcus

Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:51 pm

icekoffee wrote: I will leave this here
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1890471
No... Actually a lack of response by ME should be considered a NO!!! :lol:

Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:55 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1883850
I think this gentleman and myself have a different definition of " Completely restored" :?

Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:51 am

chris henry wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1883850
I think this gentleman and myself have a different definition of " Completely restored" :?

The perspective and depth of field are really weird in those photos. I thought it was one of those electric kids' toy ride-on busses at first.

Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:58 am

Who.Me? wrote: chris henry wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1883850
I think this gentleman and myself have a different definition of " Completely restored" :?

The perspective and depth of field are really weird in those photos. I thought it was one of those electric kids' toy ride-on busses at first.

Yes very odd photos! Wonder if they have the interior? If they don't it's hardly fully restored as finding and putting the interior back together will be the hardest part by far!

Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:32 pm

chris henry wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1883850
I think this gentleman and myself have a different definition of " Completely restored" :?

Maybe he means that the sub hatch assembly alone was 'completely restored', cuz this thing is missing quite a bit.
It's kinda hard to see from so far away, but in the pic of the driver side the door looks like it might be sagging a bit. It also looks to be chock full of bondo-- a little puffy.

Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:17 pm

awreed wrote: chris henry wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1883850
I think this gentleman and myself have a different definition of " Completely restored" :?

Maybe he means that the sub hatch assembly alone was 'completely restored', cuz this thing is missing quite a bit.
It's kinda hard to see from so far away, but in the pic of the driver side the door looks like it might be sagging a bit. It also looks to be chock full of bondo-- a little puffy.

Also, didn't the sub hatch era end in late 63-early 64? If that hatch is original to the bus, it ain't a 65.

(improper grammar intentionally used. Because my wife hates it)

Tue Feb 02, 2016 7:34 pm

vwmike wrote: Who.Me? wrote: chris henry wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1883850
I think this gentleman and myself have a different definition of " Completely restored" :?

The perspective and depth of field are really weird in those photos. I thought it was one of those electric kids' toy ride-on busses at first.

Yes very odd photos! Wonder if they have the interior? If they don't it's hardly fully restored as finding and putting the interior back together will be the hardest part by far!

Good grief- did that cat find a sale on pistachio paint? He painted everything. What a macaroon. What a nin cow poop.

Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:53 pm

cdennisg wrote: awreed wrote: chris henry wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1883850
I think this gentleman and myself have a different definition of " Completely restored" :?

Maybe he means that the sub hatch assembly alone was 'completely restored', cuz this thing is missing quite a bit.
It's kinda hard to see from so far away, but in the pic of the driver side the door looks like it might be sagging a bit. It also looks to be chock full of bondo-- a little puffy.

Also, didn't the sub hatch era end in late 63-early 64? If that hatch is original to the bus, it ain't a 65.

(improper grammar intentionally used. Because my wife hates it)

Nope,there is a guy in my hood that has a gutted sub hatched 65. Has the early style tent mounts and everything.

Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:17 pm

chris henry wrote: icekoffee wrote: I will leave this here
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1890471
No... Actually a lack of response by ME should be considered a NO!!! :lol:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1890471
Someone was listening.. he lowered the price by 10k.. now it's actually a fair deal. :)

Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:26 pm

chris henry wrote: chris henry wrote: icekoffee wrote: I will leave this here
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1890471
No... Actually a lack of response by ME should be considered a NO!!! :lol:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1890471
Someone was listening.. he lowered the price by 10k.. now it's actually a fair deal. :)

cause he took the other engine off the table as part of the deal which was probably the better of the two :roll:

Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:35 pm

Braukuche wrote: cdennisg wrote: awreed wrote: chris henry wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1883850
I think this gentleman and myself have a different definition of " Completely restored" :?

Maybe he means that the sub hatch assembly alone was 'completely restored', cuz this thing is missing quite a bit.
It's kinda hard to see from so far away, but in the pic of the driver side the door looks like it might be sagging a bit. It also looks to be chock full of bondo-- a little puffy.

Also, didn't the sub hatch era end in late 63-early 64? If that hatch is original to the bus, it ain't a 65.

(improper grammar intentionally used. Because my wife hates it)

Nope,there is a guy in my hood that has a gutted sub hatched 65. Has the early style tent mounts and everything.

Maybe it was a late 64 - early 65 thing. I am far from a Westy expert.

Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:45 am

there were '65 subhatches, mostly flipseats as I have seen. Not sure about SO33s...perhaps them as well but I haven't seen one.

Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:38 am

Ya, there are a number of early 65 subhatch westys, SO-34s/ etc. I'm not sure when the SO-42 started, but it was partway into the 65 model year. Not sure if it was concurrent.
put your SO-42 into the registry here:
http://so-42.com/

The earliest SO-42 listed there is March or Feb 1965

When taking a pic for an ad, make sure you focus on the bus. That gets the automatic digital camera to adjust the light so you can see the bus. Backlighting only looks good for religious pictures, not for actually showing something.

I think a restored bus should have glass in the front doors, and have windshields.
Westys command high prices because of their awesome camper kits.

This big hatch SO-34 is a nice bus, and was in dry eastern WA for years. It has a very nice camper kit, a bunch of the pricey items that go missing (tent, spare tire table, tumblers, roof rack etc) sweet upholstery and is a hugely better deal at $14K more. I would not be embarrassed to be seen in it, either. :P
It has not sold in just under two months, so it is not underpriced.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1869261

The Florida seller is just dreaming at 45K.