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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the clarification.

Congrats to the new owner, this Bus looks awesome.

I noticed a number of items on the engine are not "correct" for 1955 - fuel pump, distributor, generator pulley, etc. - minor things.
If you want any assistance in making it appear more original, feel free to post.
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I also grabbed all the photos to save here.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some people just have waaaaay to much money to blow with the economy getting better. I wonder what's going to happen when they run out of high end buyers to sell too.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Everett,
many thanks for the advice and help.
The car will be stored next to the very same car of another customer that is in 95% og condition.
It is a late 54, so that we can compare them and see what we would need to make it as correct as possible.
Same with the extra goodies! The seller only wanted to make the car more complete and nice. I don´t think these little extras had any influence on the price! If he wanted a correct instruction manual, I think we will get him one.
At the moment I am happy that it came to the right owner for a right amount of money.

There are many less rare and desireable cars out there selling for far more money.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I followed this bus back from Vanfest a couple of years ago (A and B roads in the UK) it was a very interesting experience, don't think I got out of third gear!! so it's defiantly the real deal! New owner, enjoy!! Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/vw-bus-sells-for-a-groovy--235-000-013502036.html

Made Yahoo news today.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Regardless of exact price, to me it is astounding that a VW could seek such a price. Warms the heart. There will always be wealthy people to buy these wonderful cars at such high prices, while the rest of can oow and aww at them. These are the things that drive us, push us in the direction we wish to go. My concern is if the rest of the people in the world (non-VW people) take to them like wildfire, what will happen? It would be a good thing?
Everyone now knows that some VW's sell for $200k American Dollars, they are all going to want to cash in, somehow. In the 1990's here in the states people took to Harley Davidson like wild fire, a fad. It was an odd time for us who had been there all along, starting to level out now, but never the same since. I'm stuck on 1200 aircooled motors, don't know why, just am. I've driven just about everything under the sun, owned some very nice cars including a 2014 Cadillac and several Porsche's, but my faves are my 1964 bug w/40h and my 1973 Harley 1200 Flh. Simply put: It's more fun to drive a slow car fast than it is to drive a fast car slow. Word!
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My personal reaction to this auction is that this is great news. Sure some models are going to become unobtanium for the average Joe, but its only increasing our already growing passion for these great cars. Guys are looking in their garage in a different light, and maybe some projects will hit the road with newly found motivation.

Imagine the opposite, all of the time and effort to restore a type 2 (or any vintage vw), and the value drastically decline. I think its all good in my book. Its even helped to show my friends that I'm not completely insane for loving these cars. Thats my 2 cents.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

People I know that don't have any buses but watch CNN are emailing me about the sold bus. It seems like most folks that know me and my buses are learning about them from main stream media sources. I guess it's big news that they are worth a lot of money.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

$220k for this bus seems pretty reasonable when you consider that it is at least 100 times more rare than the early 60s 23 windows that have sold at Barrett Jackson for well over 100k in the last few years, and this barndoor is also in much higher state of restoration as well.

I cannot wait for the bus bubble to crash, $220k for a bus this rare and nice implies to me that the market may finally be cooling off.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

banana split wrote:
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


the ad is deleted . did it sell? Popcorn does not show sold on his web site?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:01 pm    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

The bus is for sale again!! Well, I think it is... and it got way cheaper, "the owner" is offering it for 33.000 CHR /$34k ! I already got in touch, the Swiss owner offers it (in very poor German) that cheap because "he just bought a new private jet" and needs some cash. Laughing Laughing Laughing

I think I chicken out, if anybody wants to grab a bargain feel free to pay a deposit:

https://www.bugbus.net/de/classifieds.html?cmd=detail&id=27859&cat_id=58

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:05 pm    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

[email protected] is banned from this site for posting another scam barndoor in July of this year. Smile

Make sure you report that ad to bugbus.net, I didn't see a link there but I have seen ads on their site in the past marked SCAM
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:11 pm    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:
[email protected] is banned from this site for posting another scam barndoor in July of this year. Smile

Make sure you report that ad to bugbus.net, I didn't see a link there but I have seen ads on their site in the past marked SCAM


I did that already, couldn’t find a link either, so I contacted the site admin....
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:
Thanks for the clarification.

Congrats to the new owner, this Bus looks awesome.

I noticed a number of items on the engine are not "correct" for 1955 - fuel pump, distributor, generator pulley, etc. - minor things.
If you want any assistance in making it appear more original, feel free to post.
Engine photo:
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I also grabbed all the photos to save here.
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Hey Everett, What isn't correct on the fuel pump?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 9:21 am    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

I can see it has the built-in filter on top - This is 1959-60.

Here's a thread about fuel pumps:
25hp / 36hp fuel pumps
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 9:31 am    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

Thanks!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:40 am    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

Is this the bus that actor Tom Hanks purchased? He actually talked about it in an interview, and it was about the same time as the auction so it has me wondering......

He certainly has the money. Laughing

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 3:55 pm    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

Only if Hanksy lives in Belgium
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:33 pm    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

SatireChuck wrote:
Is this the bus that actor Tom Hanks purchased? He actually talked about it in an interview, and it was about the same time as the auction so it has me wondering......

He certainly has the money. Laughing

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I don't think so...
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:30 am    Post subject: Re: 55 Barndoor Deluxe in German auction Reply with quote

It's definitely in belgium, I parked next to it at Le Bug Show

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