Had a friend buy a 1979 Beetle Karmann Cabrio, genuine convertible with Fuel injected VW motor!

He bought it for $10k and its in very good condition,

Did he stumble on a goldmine or is this the going rate?

As I thought these were very rare especially being a 1979 convertible

Yes - $10k is cheap IF it is in great nick.
Really good ones with AC have been sold for more. Havent seen many for sale for less.

They are not "rare" - just not seen here?
They are common as dog poo in the States.
Does it have air cond? A lot of then did.

They aint rare, but they are the "last" Aircooled vert! Thats why they are so exp. That is quite cheap for a 79 vert!

Just my 2c. N!

Its in very good nick, not sure if it has a/c, its white with a white hood and white walls, love the sound of the engine, sounds like a Porsche

A triple white?

white hood
white paint
white interior?

Cool - love a super vert!

(just dont like the gi-normus front indicators!)

A set of 16"'s or 17"s and lowered struts :bounce

Yes - 17" porsche cup rims and slammed

real nice......

Did he get it from Thornleigh, as they had a triple white about 4 months ago? I was considering getting it as a bookend.

If it is, $10k is a good price for it.

My '76 cab is the same, f/i motor, aircon, and yes, a very different engine note.

And Yes Barry....in time....17" rims....lowered.....exhaust. Ahhh $$$

Squiz.......

the interior is black but it looks awesome, i dont really like the huge indicators either

But damn i love that engine note how do i get mine to sound like that:kiss

heheehe i was talking the beetle hehehehe

If i did what u said to the audi it would sound like a 911 Turbo

Top Buying especially if its been converted to RHD with engineers certificate and with rego and with a good roof and of course minimal rust. They made about 100,000 1303 cabrios nearly 20,000 1979 models. Still excellent buying.
I want one

I saw a factory convertable, I assume thats a Karman Cabrolet in a wrecking yard in sanfransisco, it had no motor but whoop de doo a motor would be easy to source, now given the californian laws that would make it a post 73 car as the only reason I could see for it being there was it cant past emmissions and smog tests, probably why the porsche 911s were there too.
I,ll draw you a map if you're keen,

I couldnt believe my eyes when we went wrecker hunting, there are some amazing things to be found there.
A karman Ghia for $150 was another bargain I saw, but had no money left to do anything about these cars and had to just walk away shaking my head, thats a year ago now but I am sure the deals are there constantly.
Cheers, Tony

Yes im keen mate send us over some contact details would love that engine in my 66 would it fit?

BTW why is it called 1303? If its cos its a 1.3 ltr doesnt sound like one!

Also it has no rust, has a/c, and the rego is OO -1303

:bounce

Costa,

Cabrio's are the business. With the roof up they are nearly as quiet as a hard top. Restoring one myself, I would advise that make sure the top and all the rubbers associated with the top are good. To restore a top properly it is $$$. 1303 refers to the front windscreen being curved and mcpherson strut suspension (a 1302 is what we call a superbug). Both came in 1300cc and 1600cc overseas (as this would be an import) but if its FI then its almost certainly a 1600cc.

You can still buy the FI setup and put it on a normal 1600cc as they still make FI for all the Mexico bugs. You'd be better spending your money on a proper FI setup that you could get locally though.

The muffler is probably different on this car as late model FI cars had a single exhaust pipe and possible a cat. The muffler makes a big difference to sound.

Cheers

Steve

Stick porsche brakes and 18' cup wheels on it and a T4 in the back and it would really be the business.




[Edited on 2-7-2003 by matara]

Yeah it only has a single lttle tail pipe at the back which looks a bit funny, i love the twin pipes in the centre!