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Campy Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2005 Posts: 4933 Location: Chico, CA
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:13 pm Post subject: Best deals ever |
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Years ago, here in Chico, two women had removed the camping unit from their 1979 Westy so they could haul things that they bought to resale. The unit, which included an ice box, z-bed, closet with cabinet, and seat for behind the driver's seat, was sold to me for $15. It all went in my 1963 camper.
The 1958 walk-thru camper (no camping unit but had front seats) that I bought for $150 had two engines (one was a good 1500cc engine and is in my 1963 camper) and a good body.
I paid $400 for the 1963 walk-thru camper (no camping unit) and it had a newly rebuilt 1967 transaxle and a good body.
The good ol' days seem to be gone: I can't seem to find any more good deals. _________________ Don't worry; be happy. (Baba) |
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Busryder Samba SuperHero
Joined: September 17, 2007 Posts: 1663 Location: In Your Face...
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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2004, Christmas Eve.... $1000 cash, and remove the current engine... the deal of a lifetime, for me anyways.... I drove it to Jr. college that next January the 19th, working in (semi) bad weather with arthritis and cold tools. Fun, fun...
The previous "Best Deal".... $600 with title in hand, rust free, and no motor either... 65' Standard (still dragging it around, since 1999):
I lost a lot of images of this bus in a home tragedy in late 2003
Ive done good on others that I have no/almost no documentation on... but whatever. POINH _________________
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Me, an OVP Lifer... |
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jbbugs Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2002 Posts: 2152 Location: Behind the wheel
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:59 am Post subject: |
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A few years ago, I was trying to buy a 67' Westy from one of my local customers. It was an older resto, a Daily Driver, and Complete. The owner had parked it at his Dad's Business and hadn't driven it a couple years. I asked him quite a few times about selling it, and He said He would but I couldn't get this Guy to commit. He was a pretty Flakey guy to start with.
Eventually his Dad sold the Business, and the Westy got hauled away by a towing company. DAMN, I missed it!
A week later, another customer came in and told me about this old camper bus sitting in a Tow yard. I drove over and found it. The Tow yard sold it to me for $650 AND delivered it to my shop. I put a new battery in it, and it fired right up. It had a massive oil cooler leak, so I replaced some cooler seals and it was good to go. I only had it a couple months until another customer came in and handed me $6,000 for it.
That was one of the best deals I've had get dropped in my lap.
The bad part is that I had to hand the $6K to a Scumbag Divorce Attorney a few months later. Easy come, Easy Go. _________________ Drag bus! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MOVmKdhX4
69 OG paint Transporter
73' Super Beetle Champcar Endurance Roadracer
Patina my ass, that's a Rust Bucket! |
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BulletBus Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2005 Posts: 1276 Location: Panama City Beach
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:38 am Post subject: |
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67 SO 42. Original owner, walkthru, complete with tent and rack, og paint. I put a battery in it, aired up the tires and drove it for a while. My friend and I went in halves on it for 400 bucks each. Should've kept that one. _________________ 53 Hatch Barndoor
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vwboop Samba Member
Joined: April 04, 2004 Posts: 716 Location: Langley, BC
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zuhaelter_82 Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2009 Posts: 1506 Location: Lincoln
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:16 am Post subject: |
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Original 64 Turkis and White 11 window as a wedding gift. _________________ 64 Type II
MKI Jetta Coupe Diesel
MKI Jetta Sedan w/TD swap
B5 V6 GLS
B7 TDI Passat SE |
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Erik G Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2002 Posts: 13278 Location: Tejas!
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:28 am Post subject: |
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'66 Sundial walkthrough Kombi, $800. $500 for the storage lady, and $300 for the owner that couldn't pay the storage lady.
It was drivable that night, and was my daily starting the next day. Good thing to, I sold a 66 bug for the cash to buy it
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zuhaelter_82 Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2009 Posts: 1506 Location: Lincoln
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: |
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And where is that now? _________________ 64 Type II
MKI Jetta Coupe Diesel
MKI Jetta Sedan w/TD swap
B5 V6 GLS
B7 TDI Passat SE |
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Erik G Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2002 Posts: 13278 Location: Tejas!
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cru62 Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2002 Posts: 4117 Location: Margaritaville.....24/7
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:43 am Post subject: |
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1993, 2 blocks from my house, 1963 DC, FREE! Traded for the 62 DC that I drove for 11 years.
2003, 56-57 panel. Nice bus in spite of the hacks. Mostly rustfree and no accidents. And FREE! I wasn't sorry to see it go at the time. But in light of the pile I have now, I miss this one.
_________________ "My biggest worry is that when I die, my wife will sell all my parts for what I told her I paid for them"-Jon
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
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SuperSamba Samba False Idol
Joined: June 03, 2000 Posts: 1536 Location: The Interwebs
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Yes, please use this topic. |
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