[No longer for sale - crashed it] (ACT) Mildy modded '66 Bug with Narrowed beam ** Price Drop**

The car is no longer for sale, I was driving home from a car lost control and hit a very large tree, writing me and the car off. I will be ok, but the car is a goner. Will upload Photos when I am feeling a little better.


****** Price Drop *******
Now $7950ono

Hi,

Particulars first:
Name - Ian Bugden
Location - Theodore ACT 2905
Contact details: 0415928687 (can be hard to get a hold of me) 02 62922347 (ah) - Be reasonable, I have 2 little kids or e-mail - thebugden@gmail.com

Item:
'66 Beetle
I have owned this car for the last 5 years and am reluctantly selling it as the wife says it has to go. I can see her point, I have 3 other Beetles too and this would fund thier restos.

The car is currently on Historic rego in the ACT (rego 1192 but that will change to a different number soon and will advise once done)

has the following:
- 2" narrowed front Beam with adjuster (was built by Indian automotive)
- 2.5" drop spindles (with currrrent wheel and tyre combo has a maximum height of 115mm legal in every state to my knowledge)
- 1 inner spline drop at the rear
- 177cc engine, built by Rod Penrose as his personal engine. Features, ported heads, match ported manifolds, 100 or 110 cam (neither of use remember) 36mm delortos, counterwieghted crank, 009 dizzy with 6500rpm rev limiter rotor button, 13/8 ceramic coated exhaust with Phat boy muffler. This engine puts out 85 hp at the wheels on Gas tunes Dyno.
-Fully Polished Empi 5 spoke wheels, Very Low Km,s on front 165/50/15 tyres, rears 205/65/15 about 50% worn.
- New Carpet, door trims
- Honda Prelude seats on modified VW runners. Used a heap of box section steel to make up the bases, the seats sit lower than stock seats and further back as I am 6'2"
- Locking reverse shifter
Body is in very good condition as you would expect being a Canberra car, it is straight (one small dent in bonnet very hard to see) and rust free (small rust spots on bottom of decklid though).
- paint is pretty good, does have some mark in it. It will not win a best paint trophy but looks the goods from 10' away.
Gearbox is smooth and does not make any noises.

Have tried to give a very honest description of the car, it does go hard, turns heads, sounds good, gets lots of compliments, and it is a genuine reluctant sale. I would love to keep this car but reality has set in and I would never be able to complete 4 Beetle is this lifetime.

$7950 ono

I am driving the car up to the Nationals and back if you would like to view it.

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Hope the Pices work after all that!

They did and it looks very neat.

Good luck with the sale.

Kev

Thanks Mate

Very nice Ian, Good luck with the sale.

Bump, I just fitted a new tacho to it too, Specco 3 3/4" with shift light.

Bump,


The rego details have changed, new rego number is historic 1187. 12 months rego on the car too.

Can you sell it with the historic plates? I am in NSW, so I would have to get it passed inspection for change of rego... could have issues with the seats if they are not engineered. Maybe other interested buyers are thinking the same? Nice beetle, I love it but it would be an added cost to have to take it over the pits.... just my thoughts anyway.

GottaSplit wrote:Can you sell it with the historic plates? I am in NSW, so I would have to get it passed inspection for change of rego... could have issues with the seats if they are not engineered. Maybe other interested buyers are thinking the same? Nice beetle, I love it but it would be an added cost to have to take it over the pits.... just my thoughts anyway.

Bit of a grey area when I had to get a blue slip i didnt require an engineers certificate for the non standard seats .

this looks like a good buy im sure it will sell quick

Thanks for the praise guys. In terms of the historic plates, in NSW you would have to get the car inspected anyway for the tittle transfer, so is a bit of a moot point. In regards to the seats, I have done a couple of beetles in the past with the same seats and the future owners never had a drama getting the car inspected. In the past I had just used the VW bases welded directly to the bottom of the Honda seat. On this one I cut the VW bases down used a heck of a lot of box steel and flat bar and made it unboltable from the seat. In my opinion the seat frame is much stronger than VW ever thought possible.

As a side note, I have just fitted a new Master cylinder and stop light switch and replaced any suspect brake hoses. I also did a full brake bleed too.

Bump,

Also forgot to mention that it has a new presure plate and clucth. Pressure plate is a stage 2 and it is a gold disc clutch. New t/o bearing. Doghouse fanshroud and all tin was new when I installed the engine in my car.

Hi Ian

When and where are the nationals?
Looking for a rust free dub to bling out and the people I have chosen to do the work are in Brisbane. Would get them to look at it to see if it's a sturdy base.

Is this still for sale?

Cheers

Lisa

Nationals Show and Shine is tomorrow at Fairfield Showground in Sydney
Have look under Events 2012

http://www.clubvw.org.au/showandshine

Still for sale,

Drove to Sydney for the nats, did 693km and used 58ltr's of fuel, 8.4 L/100km. Not bad for driving around Sydney on the pizza cruise (and getting lost whilst at it) and on the Highway it just purred along like a champ.

I am Negotiable too remember

Bit of a bump for a cool car, saw this beauty at the Nats, another time, another day if only!

Thanks DubbyFan, I forgot my camera so didn't get any pics of it at the show or the cruise the night before.

Playdub sticker haha

Welcome to the PLAYDUB CREW.

Thats my sticker 😵

It'd be sad to see this one leave town.

Gringo_54_oval wrote:Playdub sticker haha

Welcome to the PLAYDUB CREW.

Thats my sticker 😵

Yeah i picked it up from you at a Flat Four show at some swimming pool. I have since pulled it off though as it has been on the car for 5-6 years and started to look a bit tatty. Would love to get some more off you though

Just want to know if the cars is still for sale and if so what is the ball park figure you're looking at? thanks

bigbadbretty wrote:Just want to know if the cars is still for sale and if so what is the ball park figure you're looking at? thanks

All in the first post bigbad $$$s, phone number, etc.,!

Yeah mate, are you the one selling the car, NO, I don't think so! And Yes I did see the original post, and all the other posts. However. it doesn't tell me if it's sold and if he has dropped his price. Why waste a phone call if it's already sold. thanks anyway but I would prefer Ian to answer, not you Waltermitty

Make the call, awesome car

bigbadbretty wrote:Just want to know if the cars is still for sale and if so what is the ball park figure you're looking at? thanks

Yeah still for sale, I am not in a big rush to sell it but at the same time would like to see it go, have the money spent 4 times over by now. Is there room to move on price? yeah there is. Would like to get close to $8000 for the beast. Took it out to a fifties/hotrod car show on the w'end, it is amazing, you see high dollar rods and yet ppl give the VW the thumbs up. Too Cool!!!😎

Will pull a finger out in the next couple of weeks and put it up on carsales. will see what action I get there.

Thanks for that Ian, I live in Sydney, but am in Tassy on work for the next 2 weekends. I'll call when I'm back in sydney and possibly arrange to come to canberra to have a look at the car.

How many K's does that motor have on it?

Cheers!

Motor has about 6-7k on it. He put 2500km on it and I have only done about 4000km on it since i have had it.

Price Drop
Now $7950 ono

Hi Ian.
I have sent you an email regarding your beetle.
Cheers Steve B.

Sorry Guys, I had a bad accident in it and it is no longer for sale.

shit mate, hope its nothing too serious with you mate, cant afford to loose too many dubbers

I will end up alright, Just a lot of internal bruising, a laceration on my liver and some serious whiplash. It will take a couple of weeks to get over it. And I am still a VW Nutter, just with 3 Beetles now, not 4

Bugger

Glad you are alright

All the best mate. Hope the healing goes well.

Best of luck mate for a fast recovery Ian.

Sorry to hear that Ian, hope you get better soon. Been in a couple myself. Really liked your Beetle but am sure that you can spend time and have fun with your other ones.

shit mate at least you will be ok in the end and wish you luck in the recovery

what a shame about your bug.
hope you recover fast.

Thanks for the well Wishes Guys, it means a lot. Here are some pics of the car

Rough Survey of the danage,

LH Rear wheel is now 3 inches further forward, the LHR spring plate is bent to buggery, ripple in passenger door, big ripple in LHR quarter pannel, the obvioius LHR damage, Driver vent window will no longer close (was perfect prior to accident) couple of dent from inside bonnet as a tool box and fire ext moved about, drivers seat bent, (the bases held up and are still straight tho) motor is leaking oil fron lh head, presume it is cracked, motor is sitting at a odd angle, presume either frame horns are bent or gearbox mounts brken or both. no suspension movement on RHS rear, torsion housing could be damaged. This is all before I can get under the car to have a real close look. That will have to wait tho as I am no able to jack it up yet due to injuries. Will be interesting to see what has gone on under there.

Another pic

Another one

Bummer dude that sucks. i hope that you will be able to salvage parts from it.🤖

Sad to see this car damaged saw it at the nationals great car but hey it's only a car hope you get well soon mate, things could be alot worse!

Sad to see this car damaged, saw it at the nationals great car but hey it's only a car, sounds you banged yourself up a bit, hope you get well soon mate!

Sorry to hear Ian..I saw your car at the Nationals and took a heap of photos...
All the best and a speedy recovery.

Again Thanks for the well wishes, I have salvage rights to it so the front end will find its way under my '60 beetle, as will the engine after I have torn it down to inspect and rebuilt it (I don't know if or how much damage has been done to the engine) maybe it is time for a stroker crank????The wheels will also find their way onto the '60 as well. I will see what else I can get off it and sell the rest.

Glad you are ok Ian.
Shame about the car (i was in the process of arranging storage so i could buy it from you as per our emails) but after a serious sporting injury that i am still getting over it really rings true that health is really the most important thing (for you and your family).
Cheers Steve B.

🙁 poor beetle
glad u are still here