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 westi
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| posted on September 5th, 2007 at 02:02 PM |
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early ghia,what's one worth.
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.
down sharon.
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| posted on September 5th, 2007 at 04:50 PM |
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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?
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| posted on September 5th, 2007 at 05:52 PM |
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is the car in vic??
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| posted on September 5th, 2007 at 05:55 PM |
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Brad
It depends on how much PAIN n torture you want to go through
Do the Kombi first much more pleasant
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westi
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| posted on September 5th, 2007 at 08:26 PM |
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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.
down sharon.
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| posted on September 5th, 2007 at 08:27 PM |
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Brad , you know you want it,so just do it
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westi
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| posted on September 5th, 2007 at 08:28 PM |
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i think it would make for a tough looking drag car,just kiding.
down sharon.
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| posted on September 5th, 2007 at 09:12 PM |
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Sounds awesome, love the low-lights.
Never seen one face-to-face before.
Can't wait to see these pics.
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| posted on September 6th, 2007 at 01:27 PM |
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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.
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| posted on September 6th, 2007 at 02:40 PM |
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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.
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| posted on September 7th, 2007 at 09:38 AM |
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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.
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 12:05 PM |
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Ifs it straight, buy it.
It will be a great investment.
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 10:29 PM |
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They are one hell of a sexy car.
If I had the cash I'd buy one anyday.
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you have an electrical problem....
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 06:11 AM |
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low lights
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
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| posted on September 12th, 2007 at 09:44 AM |
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Awesome low-light mate, very nice work.
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| posted on September 23rd, 2007 at 03:01 AM |
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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.
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| posted on September 24th, 2007 at 03:56 PM |
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looking forward to the pics:thumb
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| posted on September 24th, 2007 at 04:02 PM |
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dvs_vw
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| posted on September 28th, 2007 at 09:35 AM |
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guessing it wasn't a lowlight then?
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