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kpf
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| Patiently Impatient wrote: |
| $82,000 worth of modifications???? What the fuck. |
Most of that is undoubtedly the "Titanium kill switch" 
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wheel607
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 2:02 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| I didnt realize that those Firestone, Tag Heuer, Marchal and other decals or PAINTINGS added that much. I actually see about $8-$12,000 without them. $70,000 sure doesnt buy much anymore! |
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Chickensoup
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iowegian 
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jays58s
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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Mine is nicer than that, and $1000 less. |
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iowegian
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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Mine is nicer than that, and $1000 less. |
Why is yours so cheap? |
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jays58s
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| jays58s wrote: |
Mine is nicer than that, and $1000 less. |
Why is yours so cheap? |
You think mine is cheap? I haven’t had a single inquiry, so I was thinking it was priced too high. I don’t want to take any less, so I’ll probably just keep it if I don’t get any bites. I only listed it because I want something not as original that I can lightly customize, but I may end up doing it to this one if it doesn’t sell. I’ll just keep all of the original stuff to swap back out later. I never do anything that can’t be easily reversed anyway. |
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bwaz
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harrymarlin
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:02 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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If I was naming parts, they would all probably be named like this. Kudos to this guy for being honest!
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2477561
edit: anyone want to help him out with the proper name? It must be tough pricing something if you don't know what it is.
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aa390392
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:20 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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Just sold 2 67 cars, 1. Bone stock og paint 2. Other all og except 1776 eng. Sold both for same price as ea. Of those...one is back on the market selling for twice amt. I sold it for.
Just saying
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jays58s
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stale air
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:19 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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Its because its a rare "single seater" model.
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wheel607
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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Not anybody that isnt ready for the asylum would pay that kind of money. A 5-$600 bumper on its best day isnt at all worth$2100. I bought one in Virginia last year still boxed for $450 and later thought I was shafted. But, pricing is up to the individual............He will only have it once, and once will be long enough at $2100. |
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harrymarlin
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| wheel607 wrote: |
Not anybody that isnt ready for the asylum would pay that kind of money. A 5-$600 bumper on its best day isnt at all worth$2100. I bought one in Virginia last year still boxed for $450 and later thought I was shafted. But, pricing is up to the individual............He will only have it once, and once will be long enough at $2100. |
If it's cheaper than replating an existing one, you can consider it worth it (if you are staying original).
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stale air
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2477686
Just a tad overpriced.. 
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jays58s
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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By about $10,000. 🤣 |
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kpf
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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I don't know. If the description is to be believed, it's had a good "sympathetic" mechanical restoration and is all original. I've seen plenty of '58s that were less original selling for 20k.
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jays58s
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| kpf wrote: |
I don't know. If the description is to be believed, it's had a good "sympathetic" mechanical restoration and is all original. I've seen plenty of '58s that were less original selling for 20k. |
I guarantee they didn’t look like that. |
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kpf
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| kpf wrote: |
I don't know. If the description is to be believed, it's had a good "sympathetic" mechanical restoration and is all original. I've seen plenty of '58s that were less original selling for 20k. |
I guarantee they didn’t look like that. |
True, but maybe the buyer can pretty it up with the left-over $8k 
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