Skip to content
Aussieveedubbers

Another splitty to UK ??

0 likes
Share Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Reddit
Log in to reply

splitbusaustralia Wolfsburg Wizard

487 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#29298
*sigh*.


I dunno. Looks like professional ebayer..

BUT that would be regarded as a parts
bus here? An incomplete 11 window
(missing *quite a lot of bits* if you look), needs nose, cargo floor is shot and if you
looked underneath it would be a
disaster....it'd need chassis sections,
outriggers, inner and outer sills and cargo floor, possibly doglegs and front valance.....

Who here would take in on to restore (at any price?)...

In fact if someone says
they will restore/save it I'll put $100 towards a fighting
fund for them to buy it. BUT IT MUST BE
RESTO'D, WORKED ON AND NOT WRECKED
OR LEFT SITTING OUTSIDE FOR YEARS WHILE
THAT PERSON GETS AROUND TO IT.....

Would people rather see it as a parts and then Simsmetal
bus here or possible resto in the UK????

.....dunno.........

RobK

http://www.splitbusaustralia.com



[Edited on 1-3-2003 by splitbusaustralia]

tracash242 Officially Full-On Dubber

261 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#29307
looks like aussies dont want to pay more than a couple of hundred bucks for vws,tryed to sell a split and a double cab 72, but didnt get much intrest in victoria,mostly intersate and o.s love to see them stay but not enough intrest or passion,,,,i can see the prices rising real soon.?

Secoh Fahrvergnugen

926 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#29337
So......how much did you guys offer for these things? Do I hear a bid of...nothing..??

I'm over this whole bitch about stuff moving OS when none of the vocal people are actually willing to cough up more than $5 for anything.

give it up and be glad it's going somewhere to be restored and looked after instead of rotting away in a paddock or being carved up by a wrecker for parts here.
If it aint broke,
Make it go faster!!

SKEWtYpe3 Custom Title Time!

1,859 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#29338
i agree, i do like the fact that HOPEFULLY it is going to get resto'd and maybe not cut for peices.
IT JUST SHITS ME THAT'S ALL !!!!!
plus they are selling it in UK $ already, they seem to know what they are doing, like said above professional ebayers.
:jesus

5PL1TDCS10N Insano Dub Head

845 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#29401
It feels like a case of " I don't want it but I dont want anyone else to have it either"

I have personally tried to sell 2 Splitties but no interest at all here. I 'll be crusified If a foreign buyer shows interest!

W

Hutcho Wolfsburg Wizard

528 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#29435
Why is it that when people place their VW's on this forum they think they'll sell them instantly? A majority of the people out there looking for a VW to buy arent continually looking at this list... Theyre looking through Trading Posts, Heralds, Unique Cars, Just Cars, VW workshops etc etc...
When I sold my last VW, I put it in the Trading Posts across Australia and took it to a few shows. Yeah, it didnt sell in a day but it did sell for a price I was happy with and it didnt take forever...
This Kombi would need a miracle to be able to stay on our shores. I dont think many people in Aust. would have the 40-50 grand to restore it. Or the years of spare time.
But, Ill also put my money where my mouth is. Like RobK Ill donate $200 to anyone in Aust. who is a serious contender in putting this thing back on the road.

[Edited on 3-3-2003 by Hutcho]

SKEWtYpe3 Custom Title Time!

1,859 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#29475
i want it yes and yeah i dont want anyone OS to have it, like everyone else.
i have my bus resto candidate already and being a city liver i havent the space for it otherwise yeah sure if it were a good price. my bus is in my g/f back yard, not in her parents good books 🙂

WE ALL UNDERSTAND - ITS JUST A SHIT THEY ALL CANT STAY HERE !

Ghia Commited Dubber

68 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#30077
By our standards that would be a very simple restoration. Might even buy it myself.

Over here in that state it would cost between 1500 to 4000 Australian dollars and be easily worth 12000 plus when restored.

The tiny minority of you who keep going on about this might be better served doing something about it.

Meanwhile... any one got a Split they'd like to sell me?

57kombi Hannover Elder

2,544 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#30103
If you are so worried,,, buy it.
Lots of people get on this site and advertise cars for sale then if they havent sold within 24 hours they whinge and say they will sell it overseas,,,, for gods sake the vw scene is tiny in oz and it is a limited market you have to give it time to sell things.
Cheers
Dave

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#30117
I would rather see it go Overseas and be restored than end up at a wreckers yard over here, there was a lot of work to be done on it... My Son just bought 2 split panel vans for $500 in much better condition than that one... although... TOO MUCH restoration work for Me... I like to start with a complete car with very minimal rust and You can drive it home... then strip it bare and restore it... A Kombi like that on ebay in GBP would be a "normal" restoration over there, as the salt eats everything over there including chassis & suspension parts.🙁🙁
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Unity-28 TOO LOW? NEVER

1,742 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#30180
I have advertised my notch a couple of times on here, and in the trading post, And I have had 1 guy leave a deposit on it about 4 months back!!!! that was the only interest on the car from here! I then advertised it on the samba and got about 25 guys email me and ing me from mainly the US, but a couple from the uk as well! One guy from the states organized his frieght and everything (I had the documents to be signed) and then at the last minute pulled out! I then said F@#k it I will either keep it or sell it to someone here, but since then I still havent had any interest from here!!! I have spent about 11500 on this car, and I am selling it for about 5500, And personally dont care about how muh I am losing, cause you lose on most cars, but yet not many ppl are willing to spend 5grand on a nice VW!
SO STOP COMPLAINING IF A CAR IS GOING OVERSEAS!!! IF YOU WANT TO STOP IT FROM GOING BUY THE F#@KN THING!!!!

Just my very angry 2 cents! N!

PostModern Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#30190
It's all about the size of the VW community here in Australia. We need more people into dubs in order for there to be a greater demand for dubs. What we can "do about this", I don't know. I for one am buying a bay bus 😉

Ghia Commited Dubber

68 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#30233
68AutoBug wrote: A Kombi like that on ebay in GBP would be a "normal" restoration over there, as the salt eats everything over there including chassis & suspension parts.🙁🙁
Too right. In fact that one on eBay looks so far gone it is worse than a UK one. It won't be worth shipping it. I could get one in that state here (once you add in the cost of shipping). If it was complete but rusty, then I would buy it, but I talked to my mate last night and there's too much missing 🙁 shame...