A friend of mine wants to sell his thing

[techplus]

I'm not sure what year it is, its rusty, looks like someone put sheet metal over the rusting floors. it needs brakes, motor turns freely. is it worth $2k?

I hate to let it sit in the field

[obus]

i would look on here under Things for sale and see whats comparable and see the date the ad was placed. If its been on awhile then i would price your friends less than that.
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July 1959 Mango Standard Bus aka Obus L346 L347 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=256592&highlight=
June 1973 Pumpkin Orange Thing aka Othing L30H
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=711775&highlight=
1960 Paprika Red Karmann Ghia Convertible aka Schatze L452 built 5/20/60
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...highlight=
66 21 window bus built 8/31/65 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=777273

[KAmes]

$2000 dollars isn't really a lot for a car anymore. Some will say not but I wouldn't laugh at you if you spent that, it's your call. They all have rusty floors, you can about expect it, and it's not the worst to fix. I would be thinking how rusty is the rest of it, is the windshield frame solid? Is it complete, are there pieces missing? $2000 is some money but it's hard to find good ones that cheap.

[77kafer]

By the way, looks to be a 74.
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Supposed to be 77käfer, but there are no umlauts on an american keyboard

Overheard on 27 June 07, one lady to another when they saw my Harli in a parking lot at West Point, "maybe he found it on the clearance aisle at the Volkswagen dealer"

[vws-microcars4jim]

Agreed it looks like a '74 (mirror on the A pillar, rear muffs, no heat contol knobs on the left side dash panel). Looks fairly complete and unrusted by my midwest standards, pumpkin orange? The driver's seat appers to be from a beetle. $2k seems pretty fair, but pull it out and get us some better pics.

Jim

[CraigInPA]

I'd say, in today's economy, $2k is fair. Virtually every panel you might need to rebuild it is readily available, and there are people who can supply virtually everything else from parts cars.

[hitest]

I know too much about these cars to ever assess a value with one photo, in a field, covered in weeds. Saying that car is worth 2k is doing you no service at all.
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[Wildthings]

A non running car may have dozens of expensive things wrong with it, all kinds of engine problems, tranny and clutch problems, brake problems, suspension problems, etc. Buy with care.