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paulr Officially Full-On Dubber

332 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#532800
Hey guys if one was to know the whereabouts of split widow beetle in complete but unrestored condition - how much is it worth ?
Dazed and Confused
and riding a pushi

ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#532802
I think in good nic they can go for 30k +?

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,787 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#532811
and the rest
Futue te ipsum!!!

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#532868
Whats it worth how long is that piece of string

first of all U have to find one thats for sale then worry about the price
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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paulr Officially Full-On Dubber

332 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#533026
I have a very, very,very:P faint lead and I was wondering how much effort to put into chasing it down - not so much a money thing. Never being a beetle man had no idea they were that hard to come by. If I get anywhere with it I'll let you guys know
Paul
Dazed and Confused
and riding a pushi

Hertz www.melburgluft.com

1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#533036
Good luck with that!
Click the Beetle

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#533087
you may as well have a go, even if you don't find it you will probably have fun...

i spent three days wandering around the bush looking for one a friend said he had seen... no luck, but i enjoyed the walk.

the closest i ever came was about 7 or 8 years ago when my uncle said "i know where there is one of them, i dumped it at the tip a few years ago..." it was long buried by then.

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#533090
I recall reading that there is apparantly just 29 in Australia.

I knocked back a rusty POS for $11K years ago...
Pay your debts, CxxT

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#533227
hi glen, i hope all is well in you neck of the woods.
that number doesn't seem right to me. from the number that i have seen/seen pictures of/heard of, either somehow all the news come to me (which i don't believe for one second), they keep changing owners or there are more than 29.

i'd love to know for sure.

henry.

_dmb_

Former member ·

#533286
the last one i remember that sold just recently was a rust free unrestored 51 for less than 15000.

beetles don't seem to be the flavour of the month at the moment, good time to buy

kombikim disfunctionally capable

1,521 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#533294
it is not really possible to work out how many there are

you would have to take in to account the cars imported by Govt at end of ww11, the immigrants that brought their cars over in the late '40's & 1950's new cars imported privately & by dealers & individuals, then the cars imported later with great fanfare by collectors & enthusiasts, & also the cars that were imported by collectors & enthusiasts that did not make a big point of telling everybody,
you then have to subtract the cars written off & disposed of by rust or accident, & the cars exported back overseas in the last 30 or 40 years.
so the simple answer is not many - & the lead you don't chase may be the one you wish you had
Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#533299
There was a registry at one stage...


Whatever: They're rarer than Walkinshaws!
Pay your debts, CxxT

weapon Wolfsburg Wizard

439 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·

#533449
Helbus wrote:If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.

ooooh how controversial.

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#533453
Helbus wrote:If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
Just goes to show your true colours...you obviously are not a farmer,if you were it would definetly get the chop but to a UTE not a poofy convertable.....:P and it would have tits.
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weapon Wolfsburg Wizard

439 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·

#533493
Mick H wrote:
Helbus wrote:If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
Just goes to show your true colours...you obviously are not a farmer,if you were it would definetly get the chop but to a UTE not a poofy convertable.....:P and it would have tits.
with a three legged dog on the back, bundy rum stickers all over, and running a 253.

mscabrio Cabriolet Queen

2,308 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#533498
Helbus wrote:If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
Yeah and I would buy it off you and add a whale tail and torana tail lights !!!!! and stick flame decals along the doors ........... :thumb Look mighty fine me thinks ......
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mscabrio Cabriolet Queen

2,308 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#533499
Yeah Blutopless and I had a lead once ...... turned out to be a big porky pie .......
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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#533510
weapon wrote:
Mick H wrote:
Helbus wrote:If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
Just goes to show your true colours...you obviously are not a farmer,if you were it would definetly get the chop but to a UTE not a poofy convertable.....:P and it would have tits.
with a three legged dog on the back, bundy rum stickers all over, and running a 253.

YES and the BULLBAR !!! Don't forget the bullbar.....:puke
tssnq.com.au

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#533606
i've only seen about 10 or so in 15 years of going to shows and reading mags

there is one sitting in a shed near here but i dont think any amount of Persuasion will make the owner sell

a mate i used to work with did his apprentiship in the 70s as a panel beater mainly fixing all the PMGs beetles and kombis
so he got to know vws pretty well, he told me about this old gypsy woman who brought her split when she moved to the country and converted it to RHD her self, even still had the speedo in the left pod thing and had no passenger seat so she could throw her groceries on the floor LOL

-Joel