i'm wayne i live in NE England i joined your forum a couple of months ago and have finally got off my ar*e to put a thread up.
my question is this; is the Aussie VW Scene as expensive as it is here in the UK? The prices of VW particularly Kombis or buses as we call them over here is mental!
I drive a 70 early bay myself and ones done to the standard i've got mine are going for obout 10k sterling and mines no where near show standard. Spitties forget it!! 23 windows LHD are exchanging hands for 25-30K+
I just wondered if the uk market has made your market increase seen as we both drive on the proper side of the road😂 and i've seen many sites over here advertising aussie imports? I have a lot of family in NZ on the North island and my cousin drives a late bay there, He's seen a vast increase in people trying to ship them overseas which must p*ss local people off trying to buy local projects.
Hope this isn't a sore point! Thought i'd ask you guys your opinions?
It's getting more expensive for us to buy cars back off you guys when they go overseas!!🙄
All depends on the relative value of currency. There are more and more cars nowdays that have had big dollars spent on them to get them into tip top shape that you see in shows etc. Also the value for purchasing a project car is going up as well so that has to be factored into the cost etc.
Personally I don't like to see cars going overseas as this forces up the price for spare parts in the local markets and it usually only makes people who aren't enthusiests richer (IMHO). But that is the way of life and I am getting over it😏.
As a pom, you are in a better position to purchase a good car from us for 1/2 of the price that you'd spend in you homeland to get the same things done. Then you just have to factor into the equation shipping costs. Still works out better financially from you end.
One thing I noticed when I was overseas on my honeymoon, is that the prices for things were similar when buying overseas it's just that spending 4 pounds on something that costs 4 dollars back home is really costing me 12 dollars Aust. That kind of puts things into perspective!😊
- Adam
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
IN2VWS wrote:Australia has become one of the most expensive places in the world to buy RHD 23 window buses.
This is based on recent RHD sales in Australia.
Incomplete, non running 23 windows fetch $40k+
"Restored" (and I use that term loosely) 23 window buses fetch $70k+
Barndoor 23 window Rhd buses...........Have at least $100k ready.
Get the ACCC onto this scam!!! I want a cheap splitty!!😂
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
Your parts and cars do see much cheaper than over here...
although you canstill find the odd beetle going cheap..
the Kombis transporters Micro buses and twin cab utes
are over the top....
Prices of parts do seem to be very expensive over Your way....
its a bit hard to compair parts made in UK Germany Denmark Sweden - chine taiwan and Brasil...
Don't forget that over here cars don't fall apart with rust at the same rate as in the UK (up here in Queensland at least). No salt put on the roads in winter. So the quality of old,non-restored vehicles would be better.Your best bet would be to buy as much as you can when you first arrive as you'll be getting a good exchange rate as you'll be using money that you earned in England. Once you've settled into the Aussie way of life and you're earning dollars and you stop converting everything into pounds to see what the value of everything is you'll then see it doesn't matter as you'll then realise that a dollar here will buy you (practically) what a pound does in England. So buy as much as you can as soon as you can......Now I've just read that back and it makes sense to me🙄
Every new bit i bought for my vw is imported from there. I'm a tight arse, but i also don't miss the chance to save literally hundreds of $$. Bits are readily available and cheap if you got a credit card, the internet, and can wait till the postman brings it around a fortnight later.
vw's though, its a matter of luck whether they are cheap or not. 2 yrs ago, i bought a 67 baja bug for $750, yr after, i bought a 1969 original stickshift beetle (minus motor) which was in better nick than the 67' for $250, and its been great so far.
Thanks for the response lads. sorry for the slow reply i didn't get an eamil saying peole had replied? Its interesting to see the price comparison over your way to over here.
The 23 wondows certainly sound to be similar value taking the exchange rate into account.
I've just seen a swedish RHD 23 window for sale at 19k sterling but needed a full respray, prep etc and interior overhal to make it shiny, so your looking at 24k when done. similar to your prices.
I had the chance to buy a 21 window about 10 years ago for 5k 😠 wish i had a time machine i'd be loaded now😂 Ithink i'll stick with my early bay its the way forward i think😎
prices of splittys have gone over the top...............driven up by idiots paying stupid prices because they think they are rare.........as well as workshops charging a bomb for resto's.
