hows this for a sale hope for all of us investing in VW's or maybe not lol

63 Bus 23 window

You won't see that in a Mcdonalds carpark,.... lol

or any other car park...

probably have an armed escort... lol

LEE

PS: whats a 1954 Kombi with seats and windows in original condition worth???

LEE

That's ridiculous. I don't care if it's a 100 point restoration or an original car in mint condition, a '60s bus is just not worth $200k! At all! You could easily buy four very nice split-window Type 2s for that.

Whack a Suby in the back. Turbo.

I can think of a lot of better cars to spend that much money on...

things are worth what people are willing to pay

yep. if it sold for 217k then that is what it is worth.

you could buy say for example a bmw 7 series with all the con's for $250.000 odd dollars
and in 3 yrs time the dealer will offer you a trade in value of $34.000 .a guy i used to work with's father
did that same thing.next valuation came when he traded it in for an audi and got $25.000 for it
nobody would touch the car private see he had to take what the car was worth.
they don't make these vw's anymore so someone with the money will pay a premium
over the odd's to us. but it's their money and choice these vehicles were considered worthless for many years
by as many

Try thinking like a multi millionaire or even a billionaire. Some of these guys generate that kind of money in a few hours or a day. So they've paid for it from the time they go to bed to the time they wake up in the morning.

All the VW community & magazines in the States thought it was crazy madness when comedian and Porsche collector, Jerry Seinfeld started buying up perfect examples of genuine rust free, unrestored, original paint 23 micro's back in the nineties for around 50-60k. Now you couldn't get the same type of car for less than 100 grand. Mr Seinfeld made a good investment. And time will probably tell that this was a good investment as well.

Money loses value over time guys, It's called inflation and sooner or later this will end up looking like a pretty sweet deal.

Reply to this in ten years time if you can buy the same car for less money.

Hi

Wonder if he will ever drive it? Now that will be disappointing after spending all that money.

Steve

This is the trouble when rich people get involved in your hobby, it sets a new standard for the value of cars that the average person cant afford.

i dont see it as a problem we should embrace it and run with it cause it only makes our cars worth more so keep collecting and keep restoring and dont sell under what you can abide!.....

mmm worth 217, well someone paid for it. prices do seem to be climbing right now, i would not pay that much, but the labour required at retail prices for a quality resto does make these things very expensive.
people pay "extra or over the odds" if they really want something, think real estate or even an auction bidding war..

many on this forum would not pay $1 for a $10 item, even if they did and got a bargain, whinging would ensue lol

If you've got the cash then why not, how long would it take to get a bus into the same sort of condition on your own?. Lifetime

I agree with most that it is probably good for us VW enthusiasts, I will never have that type of money but at least I can justify to the wife if someone is prepared to pay that for an old kombi then the $$$ I am spending on my beetle is justified lol

Looks unreal. Sad thing is someone would want to lower it or frankenstein it.

Well, is a poxy XY GT Falcon that would get its ass whipped by a polo gti on any racetrack worth $750,000?

Only $750K I saw a report on one that made the million, some people have got too much money. Did you hear about the Ferari that was knocked off in Newie couple of nights ago, talk is that Mr. Tinkler spent 12 months getting it made to measure and had it only 4 (?) days b4 some low life knocked it off and burned it to the ground. (off topic I know)