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 paulr
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| posted on September 10th, 2006 at 09:37 PM |
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Split window bug question
Hey guys if one was to know the whereabouts of split widow beetle in complete but unrestored condition - how much is it worth ?
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| posted on September 10th, 2006 at 09:44 PM |
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I think in good nic they can go for 30k +?
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| posted on September 10th, 2006 at 09:57 PM |
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and the rest
Futue te ipsum!!!
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 helbus
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| posted on September 10th, 2006 at 11:33 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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how much is it worth ?
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What it sells for it sells for. That's it.
This is not a 2+2 question. Don't even have any more information other than it is a split window beetle. C'mon give more than that.
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 08:11 AM |
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Whats it worth how long is that piece of string
first of all U have to find one thats for sale then worry about the price
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 04:30 PM |
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I have a very, very,very:P faint lead and I was wondering how much effort to put into chasing it down - not so much a money thing. Never being a
beetle man had no idea they were that hard to come by. If I get anywhere with it I'll let you guys know
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 05:09 PM |
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Good luck with that!
Click the Beetle
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 07:57 PM |
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you may as well have a go, even if you don't find it you will probably have fun...
i spent three days wandering around the bush looking for one a friend said he had seen... no luck, but i enjoyed the walk.
the closest i ever came was about 7 or 8 years ago when my uncle said "i know where there is one of them, i dumped it at the tip a few years ago..."
it was long buried by then.
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 08:02 PM |
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I recall reading that there is apparantly just 29 in Australia.
I knocked back a rusty POS for $11K years ago...
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 11:51 PM |
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hi glen, i hope all is well in you neck of the woods.
that number doesn't seem right to me. from the number that i have seen/seen pictures of/heard of, either somehow all the news come to me (which i
don't believe for one second), they keep changing owners or there are more than 29.
i'd love to know for sure.
henry.
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 10:50 AM |
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the last one i remember that sold just recently was a rust free unrestored 51 for less than 15000.
beetles don't seem to be the flavour of the month at the moment, good time to buy |
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 11:39 AM |
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it is not really possible to work out how many there are
you would have to take in to account the cars imported by Govt at end of ww11, the immigrants that brought their cars over in the late '40's &
1950's new cars imported privately & by dealers & individuals, then the cars imported later with great fanfare by collectors & enthusiasts, & also
the cars that were imported by collectors & enthusiasts that did not make a big point of telling everybody,
you then have to subtract the cars written off & disposed of by rust or accident, & the cars exported back overseas in the last 30 or 40 years.
so the simple answer is not many - & the lead you don't chase may be the one you wish you had
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 11:57 AM |
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There was a registry at one stage...
Whatever: They're rarer than Walkinshaws!
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 07:42 PM |
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If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 07:47 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
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ooooh how controversial. |
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 07:51 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
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Just goes to show your true colours...you obviously are not a farmer,if you were it would definetly get the chop but to a UTE not a poofy
convertable.....:P and it would have tits.
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 08:39 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Helbus
If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
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Just goes to show your true colours...you obviously are not a farmer,if you were it would definetly get the chop but to a UTE not a poofy
convertable.....:P and it would have tits.
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with a three legged dog on the back, bundy rum stickers all over, and running a 253. |
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 08:45 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
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Yeah and I would buy it off you and add a whale tail and torana tail lights !!!!! and stick flame decals along the doors ........... :thumb Look
mighty fine me thinks ......
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 08:46 PM |
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Yeah Blutopless and I had a lead once ...... turned out to be a big porky pie .......
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 08:56 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by weapon
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Mick H
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Helbus
If I lived on a farm and had one in the barn, I would chop the roof off it and make it a convertible.
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Just goes to show your true colours...you obviously are not a farmer,if you were it would definetly get the chop but to a UTE not a poofy
convertable.....:P and it would have tits.
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with a three legged dog on the back, bundy rum stickers all over, and running a 253.
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YES and the BULLBAR !!! Don't forget the bullbar.....:puke
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 09:04 PM |
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If I had three of them, the other two would be - one with a suby engine, and the one would be a baja.
The day the second last one is chopped up, there will be no more controversy.
Leave one in the Wolfsburg VW museum.
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 10:36 PM |
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i've only seen about 10 or so in 15 years of going to shows and reading mags
there is one sitting in a shed near here but i dont think any amount of Persuasion will make the owner sell
a mate i used to work with did his apprentiship in the 70s as a panel beater mainly fixing all the PMGs beetles and kombis
so he got to know vws pretty well, he told me about this old gypsy woman who brought her split when she moved to the country and converted it to RHD
her self, even still had the speedo in the left pod thing and had no passenger seat so she could throw her groceries on the floor LOL
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