You Want How Much? (The Craiglist Beetle Thread)

LiveonJG · Post by **LiveonJG** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:31 pm

To start this off:

http://corvallis.craigslist.org/car/579889184.html

A GRAND!?!?!

I'm thinking $250 would be generous.

-John

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:14 pm

Yeah, I'd be willing to pull it out of his yard for $250. If I'm gonna go all the way to Corvallis and back, that should just about cover my gas, coffee, beer and time.

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:27 am

Why John, whenever I see an ad like this, I think back to some comedian selling a car for an outrageous price and says "Why, there's gold under that thar paint, lemme get my keys and scratch it off and show you". I forget who did the skit.

Bookwus · Post by **Bookwus** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:06 am

Hiya All,

Delusional.

Can you imagine what the pan and general undercarriage look like after sitting in the weeds (probably for years). And the inside is in pretty sorry condition, I'd bet.

Y'all are being generous with your $250.

Mr Blotto · Post by **Mr Blotto** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:50 am

Here is a new mexican beetle for sale on Chicago CL...looks a bit fishy (and illegal)

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/car/598764001.html

Bookwus · Post by **Bookwus** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:49 pm

Holy Cow!

It's Harry! Great avatar.

About the Bug................yeah, I get what you mean about the fishy business with the "years of manufacture" and all, but it's probably OK.

In order to get a brand new Mexican Bug into the US, there were a lot of folks who were taking old pans (with the all-important VIN) down to Mexico. There, a brand new Bug would be stripped off it's pan and rebuilt on the old pan. Due to a quirky loophole in the regs, Customs would allow such a vehicle into the States. It is considered to be the older year model because of the pan. In this case then, the 1996 Bug is considered to be a 1973.

Of course this does not abide by the intent of the regulations, but it was a legal way to import post-1980 Bugs into the country.

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:52 pm

Bookwus wrote:Of course this does not abide by the intent of the regulations, but it was a legal way to import post-1980 Bugs into the country.

It works because of the unique construction of the Beetle, with the body "only" bolted to the pan. The pan (actually, you'd only really need the tunnel and framehorns) has the VIN, and legally is the part considered to be the "vehicle" because of it. Everything else is classified as "parts".

May not be the *intent* of the regulations, but changing it would take rewriting sections of vehicle codes and regulations at both the state and federal levels .. ain't gonna happen, even without the specter of SEMA having an absolute fit if it were attempted.

Bookwus · Post by **Bookwus** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:43 pm

Hiya Hal,

Don't know about you, but personally, I would have taken some satisfaction in tweaking the nose of authority by making a 73 out of a 96. Well, if I had had the money to it anyway.

DjEep · Post by **DjEep** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:31 am

Were bugs ever IRS?

http://oregoncoast.craigslist.org/pts/806440562.html

dtrumbo · Post by **dtrumbo** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:46 pm

Yup! Since '69 (except for autostick which had it in '68 ). This according to Rob & Dave's Aircooled Pages. I can tell you from personal experience that my '79 Super has IRS.

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:50 pm

dtrumbo wrote:Yup! Since '69 (except for autostick which had it in '68 ). This according to Rob & Dave's Aircooled Pages. I can tell you from personal experience that my '79 Super has IRS.

Gotta love IRS.

DjEep · Post by **DjEep** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:25 am

Learn something new every day!

locoqueso · Post by **locoqueso** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:35 pm

66 Volkswagen VW Beetle - Bug~California car~99% original~74k miles! - $4900 (Schaumburg, IL)

I thought this one looked interesting but the wheels gotta go. That must be the other 1%.

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/1022854575.html

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:35 am

locoqueso wrote:I thought this one looked interesting but the wheels gotta go. That must be the other 1%.

Well, those .. and the air cleaner, the 009, the aluminum degree-wheel pulley, the steering wheel, the über-kewl stainless louvered firewall panels, the EMPI trigger shifter, the absolutely horrific headliner installation, the lowering job, the CD player, teh plastic glovebox...

More (and bigger) pics of the car at http://windy-city-motorsports.ebizautos ... utos&pid=1

locoqueso · Post by **locoqueso** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:28 am

Rats! I didn't see all that. Maybe 99% original was just a rough estimate.

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You Want How Much? (The Craiglist Beetle Thread)

You Want How Much? (The Craiglist Beetle Thread)