ikube Wolfsburg Wizard
580 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·
Just thought to post this up, if anyone's happy to share with us ... and a pic as well beside the post ?
How much you spent so far on ur Vdub ?
Unity-28 TOO LOW? NEVER
1,742 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·
Way too much.
Oasis Going alone...
1,806 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
More than I have...
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"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
too much:cry
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11CAB If ya got it....Baja it
4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Bugger all.......:thumb
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65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
Tristan Learner Dubber
1 post · joined Aug 2004 ·
this is my bug its in progress and i need ome floorpans if any1 can help
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oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!
2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
LMAO!11CAB wrote:Bugger all.......:thumb
.. yeh... like everyone else - too much, but still not enough as she's not moving under her own steam yet - hopefully for DOTVW though! (fingers and toes crossed!)
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
killakornkobb where's that clutch?
1,663 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
i just added all this up yesterday.. and including purchasing the car itself.. i have spent 4,500ish..
Tagedeezee Heezy
buzzbug Praise the lowered
1,992 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·
about $6,000 so far.
some people are like slinky's
they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs
they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs
bertie_beetle Wolfsburg Wizard
446 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·
when i hear the money that some people have spent on their bugs, my first reaction is to choke and scream 'holy crap, thats a lot of money'. however, considering the average cost of a new small car these days is around $15000 (quite conservative estimation i believe), if one was to spend that much on a beetle, imagine how good the car would be, heaps better than a stock model hyundai getz or barina or some shit like that. VWs are great investments ay?
Canni. Wolfsburg Wizard
471 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
I've probably spent about $7000 all up... still lots more that I'd like to do... but there's no rust..and she's good mechanically now...just cosmetic stuff left
Heidi - 1960 White Beetle
'65 Kiwi Ghia
'65 Kiwi Ghia
57kombi Hannover Elder
2,544 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
not counting my time as I have done it all myself, I lost count at $12K, and I have a way to go yet.
Some might say its a lot but try getting stuff for splits!!!
Makes buying a finished one for $18K sound cheap.
Cheers
Dave
Some might say its a lot but try getting stuff for splits!!!
Makes buying a finished one for $18K sound cheap.
Cheers
Dave
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jonno-t3 Officially Full-On Dubber
289 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
all up i think maybe $3500-$4000..but it isnt finished yet...and that doesnt include the mechanical thats getting done atm....:o
jonno
jonno
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"if only everything in life was made like a volkswagen"
ikube Wolfsburg Wizard
580 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·
oh what !! Thats Quick!! Rack & White walls, looks awesome and VERY SHARP ! 😉killakornkobb wrote:i just added all this up yesterday.. and including purchasing the car itself.. i have spent 4,500ish..
ikube Wolfsburg Wizard
580 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·
oooooooooohh YEahh!! Anymore ?? nice rides everyone! 😎
Resto64 Jack of all, master of none
1,081 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·
about five g's
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Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
$9k for the buggy and its still about $5k from being finished....................about $20k on the 76' hillclimb car...............................about $10k on the 68' street car.............................about $2k on the 69'..................about $6k on the 54.....................$4k on the 58'...........................and $$$$$$ all over the place for the several cars worth of parts stashed away!!!
wacked1 Custom Title Time!
1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
Craig whats your address again??
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DAKED
don't worry it's a VW thing
don't worry it's a VW thing
Julie-Anne Seriously Crusin Dubber
109 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·
Spent $6700 on a 66 splitty sight unseen - it was in WA, we are in Melbourne, with no reg and no roadworthy....got it here for $500, had to spend another grand getting all the rust cut out of it and fixed up....still not registered or roadworthy...still has to be fitted out inside as it's empty photos of the car as it is and all the rust that was in the floor on the link below....
http://community.webshots.com/user/splitty66
But I still reckon I'd do it all over again. I love our splitty.
http://community.webshots.com/user/splitty66
But I still reckon I'd do it all over again. I love our splitty.
penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!
3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
So far I reckon about $2100 for the car, and maybe somewhere about $2000 for bits so far. Now its at BuggyBrads to get some metal work done, then to a panel beaters to be cleaned and painted (have no idea what all that will cost :O) And will pay someone to check over the pan when I rebuild the bottom half it it all (Brakes, engine, gearbox etc).
So I figure if I get out of al for under $10k I will be a happy penguin 🙂
No pics with me here, but if 57 panel gets his camera downloaded you can see the shell on the way to Buggybrads.
So I figure if I get out of al for under $10k I will be a happy penguin 🙂
No pics with me here, but if 57 panel gets his camera downloaded you can see the shell on the way to Buggybrads.
'Ah, whatever................'
penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!
3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Ooops,
forgot to add, I spent some on a type 3 in melb that has now dissapeared from sight without me knowing where it is 🙁 or word from the guy I bought it from.
forgot to add, I spent some on a type 3 in melb that has now dissapeared from sight without me knowing where it is 🙁 or word from the guy I bought it from.
'Ah, whatever................'
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
probably about $12,000 on the baja over about 9 years. Closer to $15,000 if you include the money wasted on VW engines that came and went too.
That's pretty good over that long time period I reckon. And it will hold it's value alot better than a new small car.
That's pretty good over that long time period I reckon. And it will hold it's value alot better than a new small car.
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
VWFREAK VWFREAK
2,577 posts · joined May 2004 ·
I've finally decided the old KG lives on $ not fuel. Over 20k so far with plans for about another 15k, if the wife lets me.
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LOWBUG Insano Dub Head
738 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
Over the last 12 years I've spent about $70- $90k and I havn't finished, the car was about 8 yrs was in getting it on the road and since then the last 4 yrs spent on about three engine setups along with rear disk brakes front end mods EFI and now its off the road again recieving another new engine set up again. And I've done alot of the work myself. I keep all the reciepts to torchure myself with.
Its a sickness I need help, now thats off my chest I can go back out into the garage and work on my bug.
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Its a sickness I need help, now thats off my chest I can go back out into the garage and work on my bug.
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DoNkEy Wolfsburg Wizard
684 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
give us a pic..i want to see what 70-90k buys ya
pyr0 flame-on
4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·
thast what i was just about to say :duh
Founding member of the C'town Rat-Pack
Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus
5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
More than I should have, but its only money right?
Right?
Too scared to add it up, would take the fun out of it for me.
Right?
Too scared to add it up, would take the fun out of it for me.
buzzbug Praise the lowered
1,992 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·
my wife keeps reminding me of how much i have spent.
so nice of her to keep tabs.:cry
so nice of her to keep tabs.:cry
some people are like slinky's
they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs
they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs
kombipom Casual Dubber
42 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·
Take some comfort in the fact that everyones dull new cars are depreciating evey year where as ours are getting more valuable. 🙂
oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!
2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
hear hear! I third that request!DoNkEy wrote:give us a pic..i want to see what 70-90k buys ya
...and Robert's ya father's brother...