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nlorntson
Crazy VW Lady
Joined: March 13, 2004
Posts: 3783
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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 Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: 1965 21-Window at Mecum auction this weekend |
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| hitest wrote: |
Black fill-in on the hubcap logos is a little later than should be.
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What does this mean? Did later buses lose the black painted VW on the hubcap? When was that change? |
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'64cal lookdub
1200 Deluxe
Joined: May 29, 2004
Posts: 1714
Location: TX
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: 1965 21-Window at Mecum auction this weekend |
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| nlorntson wrote: |
| hitest wrote: |
Black fill-in on the hubcap logos is a little later than should be.
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What does this mean? Did later buses lose the black painted VW on the hubcap? When was that change? |
1964 IIRC. |
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EverettB 
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Joined: April 11, 2000
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Location: Phoenix Metro
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ted698
Samba Member
Joined: June 17, 2016
Posts: 104
Location: Shropshire, UK
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:18 am Post subject: Re: 1965 21-Window at Mecum auction this weekend |
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No denying thats a pretty bus though... nice  |
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Braukuche
Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2004
Posts: 10997
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:25 am Post subject: Re: 1965 21-Window at Mecum auction this weekend |
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Mouse Grey '64 seems reasonable if it was real.
'65 21-Window... That's crazy for a fake, I wonder if they knew it was a fake. |
Weird that a fake went for more than an ostensibly real one. No love for Mouse Gray?
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ronjonlasvegas
Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2004
Posts: 899
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:14 am Post subject: Re: 1965 21-Window at Mecum auction this weekend |
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I do not know.
I watched the red 21 window cross the block on TV and the TV announcer specifically said it was a tribute that was converted into a 21 window. I did not see the mouse grey 64 21 window cross the block.
I think the mouse grey looked pretty good from the pictures, not perfect but neither was the 1965 bus. I think the big difference in the sold price came down to a premium auction time slot on Saturday. It seems like the cars to cross the block in a good time slot always sell for more money than the ones that cross really early in the day or too late in the evening.
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Ohio_Style
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Joined: July 09, 2007
Posts: 610
Location: You'll never leave Sparta alive, Ohio
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:51 am Post subject: Re: 1965 21-Window at Mecum auction this weekend |
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| BarryL wrote: |
| Were they both fake? |
I do not know.
I watched the red 21 window cross the block on TV and the TV announcer specifically said it was a tribute that was converted into a 21 window. I did not see the mouse grey 64 21 window cross the block.
I think the mouse grey looked pretty good from the pictures, not perfect but neither was the 1965 bus. I think the big difference in the sold price came down to a premium auction time slot on Saturday. It seems like the cars to cross the block in a good time slot always sell for more money than the ones that cross really early in the day or too late in the evening. |
Absolutely. Auction fever gets hot the later the auction runs. In my experience buying and selling there, there are crazy good deals to be had early on Wednesday and Thursday, and the prices get overinflated on Saturday.
Unless it's a bus nerd, buyers will pick a red bus over a mouse grey any day of the week. The red and white samba is one of the most identifiable vehicles out there and holds high esteem with the people buying stuff at televised auctions. Mouse grey is boring in comparison.
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