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Marketplace => Wanted => Topic started by: blue72beetle on July 19, 2018, 06:15:14 AM
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SOLD
I'm selling some things to raise some cash to buy a Connie, and my beloved Beetle is up for sale. On the small chance that someone has a C14 and would like to trade it for a 1972 VW Beetle, I thought I'd post it here. Let me know if you're serious and I'll give the details. I'm really looking for a 2010-2012 C14, and would like to get around 5k for this to give you an idea.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/1972-Beetle/i-hSSbZ3f/0/5c684697/L/IMAG0522e-L.jpg)
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Someone will likely bite. That thing looks clean.
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Amazing. I remember the day my dad brought home a 1969 Beetle. $1,900 out the door.
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Amazing. I remember the day my dad brought home a 1969 Beetle. $1,900 out the door.
yeah, it was about the same in '72-'73, they couldn't give them away...
a "loaded de-lux Super Beetle" $2200 o.t.d., about the same price as a Vega...with a 4 spd, and airconditioning... and if you popped the big $$ you could get a Cosworth Vega for $3000..
asking for a trade on a '10-'12 C14, today, is kind of humorous, and provokes one to laugh, and ask.... how many miles on the Bug... as for picture, the Bug doesn't have a lot of 'shiny' surfaces ......
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Is the photo Great Lakes or salt water?
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Indiana Dunes, Lake Michigan.
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Amazing. I remember the day my dad brought home a 1969 Beetle. $1,900 out the door.
According to the CPI Inflation Calculator, $1,900 in 1969 equates to $13,010 in 2018...
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asking for a trade on a '10-'12 C14, today, is kind of humorous, and provokes one to laugh, and ask.... how many miles on the Bug... as for picture, the Bug doesn't have a lot of 'shiny' surfaces ......
You have no interest in this, so why do you always have to belittle people? No reason for your negative comment.
Except that you're just an ass!
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You have no interest in this, so why do you always have to belittle people? No reason for your negative comment.
Except that you're just an ass!
look who's calling the kettle.... an ass.
so what exactly was the purpose behind YOUR post?
are you interested in trading your '09 with 200k (omg, you are a god above us mere plebes in the bike riding world) for his bug? Like he would want it?
bite me, (https://advrider.com/styles/advrider_smilies/csm.gif)
frankly I was interested, not in a trade, but to find out more...
that's why I asked how many miles on it.... jerk
which still had no answer, by the way.
ever think someone may be interested in simply buying it? Like, if they knew a bit more, and wanted it, but didn't want to trade their bike for it?
go play in the cat's litterbox.
thanks for your opinions also.
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oh, and popping in over here, to make smartazzed comments to me, that would get you a 'time out' or verbal reprimand on the other site, isn't too smart.
I don't care if you despise me or just have to poke the bear, take it somewhere else..
Take it for what it's worth. mmmmkayyyyyy
to the O/p
sorry for the rudeness caused by the above person,
I am still asking the miles on the bug, feel free to p/m me if you prefer to do it on the side. Thanks
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A guy from Indy came up and drove it and said he wanted it. His first car was one the same color. He's picking it up on Monday.
Then it's Connie shopping time!
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Then it's Connie shopping time!
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A guy from Indy came up and drove it and said he wanted it. His first car was one the same color. He's picking it up on Monday.
Then it's Connie shopping time!
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congrats, to both of you,
still curious about the actual miles on it, I know he's buying now, but when I asked I got no response.
best of luck on the new bike tho,
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Actual miles are unknown. The odometer says 96,292 but is that just 96k, or 196k? I replaced the engine around 10 years ago with a used one out of a dune buggy. I've put about 10,000 miles on it since then, but I really don't know how many it had before that. It's a strong runner though, and it has never stranded me or given me any problems. The carb is dialed in perfectly.
I'm going to miss it a bit, it was my first VW, got it in 1999. But I could use the room and since I got my Karmann Ghia (with only 61,000 miles on it!) I just don't drive it anymore. Plus I want a C14, haha.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/1970-Karmann-Ghia/i-M783xQL/0/9b4872e2/L/P5294767e-L.jpg)
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I'll trade you my '08 for the Ghia. :)
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I'll trade you my '08 for the Ghia. :)
you and me both bro... I'd even throw in my trailer I pull with my '08...
hell, I have 2 other bikes... not like I'd miss the C14 setup for a Ghia like that...
well? :P :P :P :P
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The Ghia is a keeper. An old friend of mine I've known my whole life (his wife babysat me when I was a baby) bought it from the original owner. He put 20,000 miles on it, but then got Parkinsons and passed away about 2 years ago. Last year his wife said it was time to sell the car and I was the only person she wanted to own it. Definitely going to be keeping this one forever.
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The picture alone is a keeper, much less purdy red car in front.
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Congrats on the sale! This post aint over by a long shot. That new/used Connie will have to appear here in living color some day. Otherwise I'll lose sleep. No rush tho. Just bump this thread up when you get your bike. Good luck!
BTW MOB. I appreciated the precise use of the flamethrower. Surgical. Nicely done.
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The Ghia is a keeper. An old friend of mine I've known my whole life (his wife babysat me when I was a baby) bought it from the original owner. He put 20,000 miles on it, but then got Parkinsons and passed away about 2 years ago. Last year his wife said it was time to sell the car and I was the only person she wanted to own it. Definitely going to be keeping this one forever.
I agree.... that IS a keeper for sure.... love it.
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BTW MOB. I appreciated the precise use of the flamethrower. Surgical. Nicely done.
thanks... kinda got me going, as I was curious, and did want to know miles, to base cost on, I was looking for a Bug last season, for driving in Ohio... but they are all high mile/and rusty here...
I prefer to use 'lasers' in lieu of flamethrowers... much better...
(https://media.giphy.com/media/xUPGcoQ8sfEbaP2JYA/giphy.gif)
and cooler than just chomping a leg off...
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ride safe you kids... :thumbs: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Well all these names, and lazers and flamethrowers etc. are entertaining....however inquiring minds want to know...
...now that blue72beetle seems to be a somewhat impotent screen name....are you going to change it to red{insert last two digits of year here}ghia?...or what?
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Well all these names, and lazers and flamethrowers etc. are entertaining....however inquiring minds want to know...
...now that blue72beetle seems to be a somewhat impotent screen name....are you going to change it to red{insert last two digits of year here}ghia?...or what?
Red Sonja ?
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red70ghia just doesn't roll off the tongue (easy boys) as nice as blue72beetle.
It'll stay, it was my first VW after all.
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I hate to ask, but what did you get out of that car? What did the floors look like?
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I hate to ask, but what did you get out of that car? What did the floors look like?
that was the other question I was going to ask also, after the miles..
I have always wanted to build a 'Baja' style street machine, and figured drive it thru the winter, and then get on with the conversion...
this was version 1.1 of what i had in mind..
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--RwSxRNtK--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/y4jrecz5ykrudzwlpfc7.jpg)
but a bit "cleaner" looking...
and in worst case, all the guts could be used a year or so later for a 'rail job' "nekid" no top open wheeler...
it would be the correct year to convert for sure. a lot of the parts could have been used.
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I know, right now Blue72 is cringing, and screaming... but I won't lie, It's what I had in mind......
peace,
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I let it go for $3300. I was wanting at least 3500 out of it but the guy is a pastor and really loved it so I gave him a good deal. $5k was a little high to start with but I wanted to keep internet tire kickers from wasting my time. Plus, I wasn't really in tune with the Beetle market. I know bus values are going up, when I bought my bus it was right before they really started going up. I guess Beetles aren't.
It isn't a show car, it does have typical rust at the battery tray and the front of the pan. A few little things here and there but overall a good car. Great driver though, it's never stranded me.
More pictures here: https://blue72beetle.smugmug.com/1972-Beetle/ (https://blue72beetle.smugmug.com/1972-Beetle/)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2197568 (https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2197568)
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I know, right now Blue72 is cringing, and screaming... but I won't lie, It's what I had in mind......
peace,
At one point I was actually thinking of doing a Class 11 bug with this. Not that there's any good off roading around northern Indiana, but it would be fun. Pretty much a stock bug with only suspension modifications.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_Class_11
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I just wanted to Jack it up higher, and stick aggressive tires on it right off, for driving here in winter... we get SNOW.. all my pals in the 70's that had Bugs were fine, until the snow got deep enough (maybe 6"-7") and midnight road fun was not fun anymore... the Super Bugs also had damned good heaters, compared to the ones in the 60's...
we get days here with a foot or more on the roads, with slush underneath it... and they have a hard time getting them cleared..
I figure if a jacked up Bug would run in sand, it will easily run in snow...
thanks, I apreciate the insights, and now again looking for a 'runner'... we have a lot of them here, but a lot are totally rusted... great engines, low miles, but the road salt ate them up..