Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale

[busdaddy]

I was low by $25, inflation is hitting harder than expected in some places it seems.
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[MarkWard]

This came up in my Florida Bay Window search today.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2584783


I sold my 68 way too cheap.
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[creative native]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2585247

So, my choice is either a top of the line 2023 Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid Sport Turismo or this Bus. Tough decision!
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[MarkWard]

[SGKent]

sort of a parts whine. My best machine shop for miles is going out of business and closing up after 65 years and two generations. Why? Because they can't find someone who has the commitment to be a machinist the right way.
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[MarkWard]

My shop is still in business, but the machinist I worked with for 20 years. died from Covid some time back. Sad thing is the last time I spoke with him we were talking about our plans for the next 10 years, Social Security and Medicare. There is a trust like in a relationship that is built and hard to replace. Sorry to hear.
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[germansupplyscott]

[busdaddy]

Same deal locally, all the dedicated commercial shops closed 10-15 years ago, there's still a couple mass rebuilder shops that'll do side work, but I've had mixed results with some of their work, if they don't lose your parts. There's a couple guys who do specialty stuff in their garage, but most of them gave it up when Covid came along, understandable since many were pushing 80 and didn't want to risk getting sick.

One stop shopping is a thing of the past for me, an average build now requires 2-300 miles of driving, one guy does cranks, another bores, somewhere else for heads, then off to the balancing and rod sizing guy in another town, I usually have 3-4 days of just driving parts around in every job.
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[consvws]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2592717

Looks like $1000 bus w/ a core engine & beetle transmission. I guess it doesn't hurt to aim a little high or shoot at the moon in this instance

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[SamboSamba22]

[germansupplyscott]

A great seller, excellent description and quality part. And apologies to Jon in advance, but wowee, talk about opportunistic pricing. All sorts of reasons why it's fine to sell a good quality rare part for 4x what it should sell for, but that's why this is called the whines...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285026543671
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[notchboy]

So I stumbled across this yesterday and am trying to wrap my head around how it works. Click the link and you'll see bays, splits and Vanagons for sale. But at super cheap prices - to me at least.

What's the deal? It doesn't look like an auction site? And each ad in some cases go to other pages with a different url listing - but same low prices?

How is this working? To get a nice split window, fully restored bus for less than 10k?

https://cars.trovit.com/index.php/cod.search_adwor...gK1GPD_BwE
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[airschooled]

Huh. I brokered the sale of one of those buses two years ago, for about 30k. Every site they link to is a scam.
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[SamboSamba22]

Smells fishy and I ain’t at the market or nightclub.
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[EverettB]

[creative native]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2594923

I am aware that Kieft en Klok have a reputable name, but can someone speak to what is actually going on in the Netherlands that this beat up Bus in desperate need of a full restoration might command a €29500 ($32,328.41) price?
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[EverettB]

[creative native]

I actually did, Everett. I've not heard back. I used an old email address.
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1979 Westfalia P27, California FI emissions spec. 100% VW fleet: '79 Westfalia, 2013 Touareg Lux (Toffee Brown/Cornsilk Beige), 2005 Passat GLX.