i think he said it is a 57low light,
i am thinking of purchasing it.
it is in great condition,what should i be expecting to pay.

depends on condition, completeness, rust, miles, originality, depends on a lot of things, not many lowlights in AUS though, so you might want to check that out, but if it is a 57 then its a lowlight.

Maybe $20-30k depending, but how long is a piece of string?

is the car in vic??

Brad

It depends on how much PAIN n torture you want to go through

Do the Kombi first much more pleasant

the kombi is in high fill so it can wait. i am just waiting for the painter to say he is good to go.
and no the car isn't in vic.
i will post up some pic's tomorrow night.
the car is complete but in parts if you know what i mean.the body has been in primer for some time and garaged for at least the last ten years or so.
if it is the right price ,it wouldn't hurt to add one more vw to the collection.

Brad , you know you want it,so just do it

i think it would make for a tough looking drag car,just kiding.

Sounds awesome, love the low-lights.
Never seen one face-to-face before.

Can't wait to see these pics.

If it's true - buy it! Any lowlight in "great condition" (i.e. reasonably straight, complete and not a complete pile of rust) is worth a fair bit - at least 30K. There are very few in Australia because they didn't make RHD lowlights as far as I know (so if it is RHD it's been converted) and didn't start importing any KGs here until after the front panels (and a fair few other parts) were changed (I think 1959 - check one of the books). The main problem with conversions is not the mechanical side of things but the dash. I've seen a few pictures of RHD converted lowlights which use a poxy plastic shroud over the dash which fits the instruments into the glovebox. Presumably they do this to retain the originality of the car but it looks bad. Either leave it as LHD or convert it properly I say. Lowlight-only parts are very hard to find and therefore expensive. You won't easily restore a lowlight which is incomplete. Good luck - a restored lowlight would be worth the effort.

cheers for the info,
a have to go look at the car and parts tonight,all i know about the car is that it was complete,he pulled it apart about 15 years ago to restore it.
it comes on it's original pan and has spare pan ready for it after painting.he has all the chrome,lights indicators all in boxes ready to go.i don't now if it has been converted or not.
i will put up some pic's later tonight.after i have handed over some hard earned money.

does anyone have any pic's of low lights done up or stock,it would cool to get some idea's before i start.

I have plenty of pictures for you mate.







Many Many more pictures on my hard drive.
U2U me an email address if you want more.

Ifs it straight, buy it.


It will be a great investment.

They are one hell of a sexy car.
If I had the cash I'd buy one anyday.
- Adam

hi

ive imported 2 low lights last few years and i found the new owners wanted to keep them LHD as there worth more that way if you want to resell
anyway heres the coupe i finished last year he wants
$40k to sell

cheers

Awesome low-light mate, very nice work.

Post the chassis number here and make sure it is a 57 and all the body tags are there and intact. Does it have the original rare thinback seat? The 57 coupes onwards are quite common from the US and still relatively cheap to buy and import.

looking forward to the pics:thumb

guessing it wasn't a lowlight then?