1964 with 22 original miles (Black Beauty)

[hugheseum]

i actually live about a mile from this car......the folks are as serious to sell it as the price indicates.....its not actually for sale its just for looks/bragging.....i had a client who wanted it i contacted the broker.....its a joke and not for sale......sidenote by 64 they had made so many of these things and shipped all over the globe it wouldnt surprise me at all if there were 5 more with similar mileage
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[wheel607]

The people that INHERITED this VW have not ever been true collectors. They are only in this game for the money. I tracked down the wife and spoke to her and her impression of the value of this VW are through the roof. She thinks she has a 0 mile Porsche 356 or something as exotic. It really isnt worth anybodys time to talk with them as I can see their minds havent changed. It usually is a situation where one person can come along and talk them down......not these folks.

[Dusty1]

"There is an ass for every seat" as they say.

Guess the ass that fits this seat hasn't showed up yet.

Most "investors" won't touch a car that is so specialized and so expensive there is little chance they can ever recoup their money.

Takes a certain kind of person to buy a car like that, someone with passion and tons o' expendable cash.

We have a local legend, "The Myth of the Rich Flatlander". Said mythical creature is supposed to come up from the states south of us with a duffle bag full of cash. Townspeople line up along the main street as our mythical rich creature passes through tossing fistfuls of bills at the adoring crowd.


Nice car, but...

Most "investors" start with a list. They check it over and over. When we get into the big money a world of Porsches, Lamborghinis, Ferraris or even plum crazy purple muscle cars opens up.


I don't know if I'd make a purchase that told everyone I was a fool and this fool and his money were easily parted.



For $250k I can own:

A $42k 200mph land speed record holder that's street legal and comfortably street drivable.

A $50k Shelby Cobra replica. $50k is the going rate on those.

Another $100k should buy me two of the nicest restored Bugs anyone has ever seen. Maybe one resto- custom and one really gnarly Baja.

It looks like I'll still have $58k left over for tires, detail and a plum crazy paint job on my Cobra.


The detail that has me puzzled on this '64 is the front beam that was clearly very rusty before it was painted. WTF? I have a cleaner front beam on the black '64 I have that spent the last 20 years parked out in a Rust Belt field.

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[hugheseum]

I won’t let my client buy it for several reasons and it’s handling as a car for sale has been a joke in my opinion……..bought lots of cars for lots of guys and serious sellers (again I don’t have confidence in this car being actually for sale and I definitely don’t have confidence in the guy representing it…….my guess is a family friend turned “broker”)

So now I will give my 2 cents………the beetle is a base model nothing fancy not even the color is special if it was legitimately for sale and was to be sold I personally think in todays “market” $40-50k is more than generous…….if it was a split or a barndoor maybe the asking price could be at least entertained

Low mileage is actually quite common in high end cars in fact it’s hard to find high mileage examples of exotic’s ………this beetle is not exotic in any way at all except it’s low mileage and that’s cool don’t get me wrong, it’s just too bad it’s a base model 1964 black beetle
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[67ctbug]

To be fair, for the US market there was only one Beetle you could have LOL. It wasn't like Plymouth where you could have a Belvedere, Satellite, Sport Satellite, Road Runner, GTX and have it all be the same base car. There weren't engine options or trim packages Simple cars, "Think Small".
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'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'72 Dodge Wrecker
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[Dusty1]

The Voice of Reason Speaks:

[wheel607]

[67ctbug]

[Stockholm VW]

Lovely VW. Great resource for purists. I wish we could have seen some photos from behind the wire cover in the trunk.
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1966 Volkswagen 1300 Sedan, 1641 cm³, 12 volt conversion, L456 Ruby Red, Platinum leatherette.

[House]

If there is anything in particular you are looking for I can send you pics from a ‘relatively untouched’ 64, but it has a few more thousand miles on it than 22…
Feel free to send me a PM.

[Dusty1]

[Bala]

Current price is $290,000.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-greatest-su...10514.html
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1966 Beetle

[67rustavenger]

[jhicken]

[jhicken]

I wonder what happened to this car...
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[OldBeetles]

I fantasize about finding a car like this through a local ad or something. I read most of this thread and it's fascinating.

[OldBeetles]

[zerotofifty]

If I bought some new car today and preserved it like that Bug for 63 years, it will become worth a lot of money, I'll be rich!!!!! But I'd also be dead by then

[mdege]

That wouldn't work with new cars any more. there is just too much crap in them that won't last. You would just have a heap of toxic waste. Like the 800000 cars that France just grounded this week because they contain Takata airbags that might blow up on you.
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1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car