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Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:46 am

...it is the old deluxe from Simon :shock:

http://auctionata.de/o/88815/vw-t1-barndoor-23-fenster-samba-deluxe-baujahr-1955

Moderator notes:
Here are all the photos:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_keywords=1955+barndoor+deluxe+190K

Sold for 190K Euro / $235K

Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:03 pm

Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:25 am

wow that is too bad he sold it !!! great bus. once was owned by somebody just 2 streets from my old place.
love how he managed to repro the old Austrian license plates. look so right on the car.

Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:30 am

Nice Bus, does anyone know if the huge jack bag is original?

Some of those other materials are not original - 55 shop manual is post-Barndoor, that little brochure is 55-57 so not Barndoor, etc.

Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:47 am

Saving interesting deleted information (link) and putting in the correct topic:

"Could this 1955 Volkswagen 23-window Samba bus set a new pricing benchmark for the model?"

link: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/11/13/coul...refer=news

Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:58 am

Also - build thread:
http://www.ssvc.org.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=32312

Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:12 am

EverettB wrote: Nice Bus, does anyone know if the huge jack bag is original?

Some of those other materials are not original - 55 shop manual is post-Barndoor, that little brochure is 55-57 so not Barndoor, etc.

I think Kieft & Klok have pieced together these knick-knacks in an attempt to make the whole package look a little sexier.
So none of it can be taken as always having been with this bus.

I don't recognise the suitcases as the ones Simon and Maria used for their weekend trips away anyway.

Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:28 am

Thank you.

Either way, I like that huge jack/crank handle/tool bag.

I just realized that is not a Barndoor owner's manual either.
The manual pictured has 2 Buses on the cover so it must be post-Barndoor.
Barndoor manuals have a single Bus:

Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:54 am

Capriacci wrote: Saving interesting deleted information (link) and putting in the correct topic:

"Could this 1955 Volkswagen 23-window Samba bus set a new pricing benchmark for the model?"

link: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/11/13/coul...refer=news

This one isn't waiting around to see what it sells for. Just shoot for the stars right off the bat!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1703897

1954 Barndoor 23 Window Deluxe, World Class Bus! Price: $350,000

Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:04 am

Are there any informations from the auctions????

Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:12 am

Ahhh! Here is it......

http://auctionata.de/s/181/classic-cars-november-2014

Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:17 am

€120,000

Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:42 am

http://auctionata.de/o/88815/vw-t1-barndoor-23-fenster-samba-deluxe-baujahr-1955

Does anybody kwows to wich country the car arrives???

Sat Nov 29, 2014 8:28 am

geraldcrewcab wrote: http://auctionata.de/o/88815/vw-t1-barndoor-23-fenster-samba-deluxe-baujahr-1955

Quote: 1955 VW T1 23 Fenster Barndoor Samba
Sold for 120,000.00 € (Limit)
Starting price 120,000.00 €
Estimated value 240,000.00 €
For USA readers:
120,000.00 EUR = 149,423.78 USD

So only one person bid?

Someone got a good price on this Bus!

Sat Nov 29, 2014 8:55 am

the other results of this auction

Quote: VW T1 Microbus DeLuxe, Year of Manufacture 1967, Survivor
Type 241, 9-Seater
Sold for € 32,000.00 $ 39.834
Estimated € 50,000.00 $ 62.240
Starting at € 24,000.00 $ 29.875

VW T1 21 Window Samba Double Door, Year of Manufacture 1967
VW T1 Microbus DeLuxe, Type 241, 9-Seater
Sold for € 45,000.00 $ 56.016
Estimated € 80,000.00 $ 99.584
Starting at € 40,000.00 $ 49.792

maybe this is a good sign

Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:11 pm

The final price of the barndoor deluxe looks like a screaming deal!
I wonder if something happened or if that is or not the correct info.

Sat Nov 29, 2014 6:45 pm

..........or if the seller still owns it.

Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:55 am

I read on another forum that it got sold after the auction for 220.000$.
Not sure if this is true or not.

Henk!!!

Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:06 am

Maybe the starting price and final bid price being the same means it did not sell at all?

Or the owner bid and no one else, as stated above.

Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:02 pm

Ad 10 % to the final price......
It's writting on the auction condition