The Craigslist Bus Thread
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$56k? For a bay without the original motor? guess you can ask for anything.... but what you get....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Volkswagen ... 2289188838
edit.... stand corrected, they do provide the original engine. Still seems high....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Volkswagen ... 2289188838
edit.... stand corrected, they do provide the original engine. Still seems high....
1976 VW Bus aka tripod
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
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It is a real low mileage vehicle, but it has been a bit dorked with.TrollFromDownBelow wrote:$56k? For a bay without the original motor? guess you can ask for anything.... but what you get....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Volkswagen ... 2289188838
edit.... stand corrected, they do provide the original engine. Still seems high....
So, what do I sell the BobD for?
Ad Copy:
For Sale 1978 Original VW Bus @ 110,000 miles all original paint upholstery and parts
$56,000.00
(comes with spare all original '77 Westfalia @ 67,800 miles)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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" For Sale - Celebrity owned 1978 Original VW Bus @ 110,000 miles all original paint upholstery and parts"Amskeptic wrote:It is a real low mileage vehicle, but it has been a bit dorked with.TrollFromDownBelow wrote:$56k? For a bay without the original motor? guess you can ask for anything.... but what you get....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Volkswagen ... 2289188838
edit.... stand corrected, they do provide the original engine. Still seems high....
So, what do I sell the BobD for?
Ad Copy:
For Sale 1978 Original VW Bus @ 110,000 miles all original paint upholstery and parts
$56,000.00
(comes with spare all original '77 Westfalia @ 67,800 miles)
That'll do it.
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Now that I have been wrenched from my beloved Lexus LS400 creampuff old man car, I am hanging on to the remainder of the fleet with more desperation. This is something I must get a handle on. I see my cars as irreplaceable and sometimes good traveling companions. Release! Release!tommu wrote: " For Sale - Celebrity owned 1978 Original VW Bus @ 110,000 miles all original paint upholstery and parts"
That'll do it.
ColinNo
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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One should never despair in desperation...
Who's pedantic now?
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Did you sell the Lexus?Amskeptic wrote:
Now that I have been wrenched from my beloved Lexus LS400 creampuff old man car, I am hanging on to the remainder of the fleet with more desperation. This is something I must get a handle on. I see my cars as irreplaceable and sometimes good traveling companions. Release! Release!
ColinNo
1976 VW Bus aka tripod
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
hambone wrote: There are those out there with no other aim but to bunch panties. It's like arguing with a pretzel.
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Yes, and I rue, I regret, it was the nicest example I know of. It has another 200,000 miles left in it.TrollFromDownBelow wrote:Did you sell the Lexus?Amskeptic wrote:
Now that I have been wrenched from my beloved Lexus LS400 creampuff old man car, I am hanging on to the remainder of the fleet with more desparation. This is something I must get a handle on. I see my cars as irreplaceable and sometimes good traveling companions. Release! Release!
ColinNo
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Me thinks you need to turn your Benz into your next cream puff old mans car ... salt and snow be damned.
1976 VW Bus aka tripod
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
hambone wrote: There are those out there with no other aim but to bunch panties. It's like arguing with a pretzel.
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I think you might be right . . .TrollFromDownBelow wrote:Me thinks you need to turn your Benz into your next cream puff old mans car ... salt and snow be damned.
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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I had a later model version of that ..... IIRC an '87? AWESOME roadtrip car. It would pull 22-24mpg highway....loved the growl of the dual overhead cam engine. I had intentionally bought it as a flip car ... got a killer deal on it, because it needed paint. Painted it, and bought leather die of the correct color code, and redyed it myself, car looked really good too...and it ran awesome. Toyed with the idea of keeping it, but had owned a '77 and remembered how EXPENSIVE the parts were for it. Just as an example, $150 for plug wires (20 years ago) and that was the cheapest I could find. Bought the '87 for 1400 and sold for 3200. the '77 I bought for 550 and sold for 2400 (I painted it too). So they've been good flip cars! :)Amskeptic wrote:I think you might be right . . .TrollFromDownBelow wrote:Me thinks you need to turn your Benz into your next cream puff old mans car ... salt and snow be damned.
1976 VW Bus aka tripod
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
hambone wrote: There are those out there with no other aim but to bunch panties. It's like arguing with a pretzel.
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This one here is a '78, just like the BobD. And, just like my '78 BMW 530i, this eats gas at a prodigious clip, 13-15mpg.TrollFromDownBelow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:04 pmI had a later model version of that ..... IIRC an '87? AWESOME roadtrip car. It would pull 22-24mpg highway....loved the growl of the dual overhead cam engine. I had intentionally bought it as a flip car ... got a killer deal on it, because it needed paint. Painted it, and bought leather die of the correct color code, and redyed it myself, car looked really good too...and it ran awesome. Toyed with the idea of keeping it, but had owned a '77 and remembered how EXPENSIVE the parts were for it. Just as an example, $150 for plug wires (20 years ago) and that was the cheapest I could find. Bought the '87 for 1400 and sold for 3200. the '77 I bought for 550 and sold for 2400 (I painted it too). So they've been good flip cars! :)Amskeptic wrote:I think you might be right . . .TrollFromDownBelow wrote:Me thinks you need to turn your Benz into your next cream puff old mans car ... salt and snow be damned.
But it is the very most authoritative old grandpa out there. You can feel the engineering-before-polls-dictated-ruining-firm-steering, etc. The V-8 is cammy, comes on with a rush at about 3,500 +.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Your 78 sounds like it was similar to the 77 (or was it 76?) Benz I owned. the '87 was purchased 10 years later, so, difficult to compare performance of the two cars. IIRC, they had the same block...remember the twin cam growl being similar. I don't recall the performance being much different....but the 87 may have been a 4 spd auto vs 3 in the earlier? Could explain the difference in MPG.
Although, if you are only using occasionally, like you did the Lexus, the difference in MPG will be negligible on the pocket book....particularly at today's gas prices. I say doooitttt. :)
Although, if you are only using occasionally, like you did the Lexus, the difference in MPG will be negligible on the pocket book....particularly at today's gas prices. I say doooitttt. :)
1976 VW Bus aka tripod
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
hambone wrote: There are those out there with no other aim but to bunch panties. It's like arguing with a pretzel.
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Second owner since 11,000 miles, now at 148,000. $7200 seems high, but? I dunno.
https://missoula.craigslist.org/cto/6036644721.html
Ludwig--1974 Westfalia, 2.0L (GD035193), Solex 34PDSIT-2/3 carburetors.
Gertie--1971 Squareback, 1600cc with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection from a '72 (E brain).
Read about their adventures:
http://www.ludwigandgertie.blogspot.com
Gertie--1971 Squareback, 1600cc with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection from a '72 (E brain).
Read about their adventures:
http://www.ludwigandgertie.blogspot.com
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7,200 does not seem out of line for what (looks like) a pretty rust free bus. I've seen folks ask $6k for non-running Westies. Granted, it may not be a Westy, and the engine most likely will need a rebuild, but a running/driving bus for $7k does not seem out of line.... in fact, it could very well be a bargain....
1976 VW Bus aka tripod
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
hambone wrote: There are those out there with no other aim but to bunch panties. It's like arguing with a pretzel.
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Bus prices have skyrocketed lately, WTF.
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