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 posted on February 28th, 2003 at 09:46 PM |
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The Bug on TV tonight
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Anyone see the program tonight on TV
called Housecalls on ch 7.
Showed a guy giving an apprasial on a
50's beetle....nice bug
Quoted $9 thousand dollars.
Anyone see this!
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| posted on February 28th, 2003 at 10:55 PM |
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Hi
He is a member of Club VeeDub Sydney, I have never met him, he was at the Motorfest and he used to work for VW Australia and won an award for an
advert he designed that was used all over the world. I think the valuer was a bit off, $9,000 for a 59 bug? Nice car though.
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| posted on February 28th, 2003 at 11:51 PM |
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The "valuator" seem to be a bit of a tosser. He knew nothing about VW's - kept referring to the "popular split windscreen
model"... i think he was refering to ovals as split bugs are to rare to be popular. He didn't even know what the semiphores were called. I
really dont think some one of this caliber should be valuating something they have very limited knowledge in.
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| posted on March 1st, 2003 at 11:28 AM |
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I saw that show. The 59 looked like a really good one. The guy paid $5k to $6k for it 3 years ago I think. The $9k was probably a bit optomistic, but
the value would have to be somewhere in the middle.
Makes that one that Dave Becker has posted look like a real bargain.
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| posted on March 1st, 2003 at 02:14 PM |
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I actually went to buy this car from Muswellbrook about 1 year ago !!! $5k, bloody nice ! unfortunately somebody used replacement( I think brazil
guards)on the front or back, can't remember ! Had the same silicon leads etc. No rust , perfect pan etc excellent respray. Good buying at 5k. I
was the first to see it, but had no cash !!
$9k "tell him he's dreaming"
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