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ernstben
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 Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:10 pm Post subject: '62 Rag - Buyer Beware |
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I was cruising the classifieds and randomly came across my old '62 ragtop being listed for sale.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1824404
I know that I'm probably late to the game seeing as it was posted in August, but BUYER BEWARE! I sold this car in 2011 for $5,600. It doesn't appear to have been changed at all outside of the engine and roof rack.
- It was starting to show some serious signs of rot in the bottom of the doors and rear quarters.
- It had been love-tapped in the front at some point and the hood had a 1/4 inch of gap in the center.
- I'd say it was a 10 footer paint-wise. I can still see the same paint issues it had at the time (little lump on the decklid, for example), so it hasn't been repainted.
- I completed the interior and while it wasn't bad, I was in high school and college at the time so... yeah, take that for what it's worth.
It was a fun car and would be a wonderful basis for a restoration. It is not "fully restored" or a "1" on the condition scale.
Photo when I owned it:
Photo now:
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gt1953
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Lucky for me I am not interested.
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ballsie
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$16500 for that thing?! It better come with $10k in the glove box!
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rcooled
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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You got that right! Has several incorrect bits for a '62 as well. "Restored" can mean different things to different people, but that's hardly what I'd call a condition "1" vehicle. And if what the PO said about the paint work & rust is still true, it's not even worth half that asking price.
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Dwayne1m
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| Does a 62 come with cloth door panels like that? |
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ernstben
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No, they are definitely not stock. The guy I bought it from was sort of cobbling together an interior made almost exclusively from a single bolt of tan/gold material. The cardboard material underneath everything may have been stock I guess...
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