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Re: The Craigslist Bus Thread

Post by Amskeptic » Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:32 am

hambone wrote:
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Bus prices have skyrocketed lately, WTF.
Getting harder for me to drive around without a care . . . .
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Post by hambone » Fri Mar 17, 2017 1:35 pm

I know, me too. And I drive this sucker year-round. This stratified wealth situation really sucks.
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Post by zabo » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:01 pm

eh. its just material. drive and enjoy
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Post by TrollFromDownBelow » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:53 pm

look at the bright side Hammie... we were lucky enough to purchase ours when prices were affordable, so that we can enjoy and appreciate these elegantly simple engineered marvels. Even with the issues mine has, I figured I it is probably worth $10k. I bought it for 3k 12 years ago. I would have to think very long and hard to spend that kind of dough on something that I can only use 6 mos of the year (too much salt around here).

Speaking of which...my wife and I took the bus out about a month ago when we had unseasonably warm weather (it was in the high 40's/low 50's and the sun was out .... typically don't see the sun or anywhere near that temp from Dec until April). She commented that the view out of the bus was very similar to riding on a motorcycle. I got a big grin on my face, and said yup, you can attribute that to the big bay window and no hood out in front. :flower:
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Re: The Craigslist Bus Thread

Post by hambone » Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:38 pm

I love my Bus. It is amazing that it is still utilitarian 50 years later. A Model "A" Ford would be a deathtrap on today's highways. Well, so is a Bus BUT NEVER MIND THAT.
I don't covet it, it's just sort of irreplaceable now. Even Bus2 didn't have the same soul, drywall instead of lathe and plaster. Rust and rain, this is the first time she sits in the garage in 14 years. Yeah just drive it, it's happy to be alive.
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Post by whc03grady » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:26 pm

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NADA values for Westies, with the Type 3s I've owned thrown in for my own edification.
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Post by hambone » Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:00 pm

A Bay Bus is not worth those figures.
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Post by hambone » Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:09 pm

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Post by zabo » Mon Apr 17, 2017 4:31 am

60 beetle
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Post by Amskeptic » Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:39 am

hambone wrote:
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A Bay Bus is not worth those figures.


Decouple from conventional rationality, Hambone.

A Baywindow is exactly "worth" what someone will pay for it. If it is $40,000.00, well, there you go.

In my universe, you cannot replace the baywindow bus experience for any amount of money, so how do I tell someone, "sorry, your $137,000.00 means nothing to me, now step out of the way"??
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
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Post by Mr Blotto » Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:26 am

1978 Sage Green Westy - 2.0 FI - SOLD WITH 109887 miles :-(

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Post by Jivermo » Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:38 am

That thing is a parts bonanza, at the very least. 2500 bucks? If it was in South Florida, I'd buy it. My concern with the escalating prices is that the regular folks, who would drive and maintain a bus, are getting priced out of the market. I want to see these things on the road, not in a museum. Like I did in remote Chaco Canyon, where a couple of 20 something newlyweds were honeymooning in his mom's one family owner '69 tin top. That, for me, is the VW bus story.






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Post by TrollFromDownBelow » Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:19 pm

No engine, no trans, total midwest rustbucket...but hey! rear seating foam is good! for the low price of $2k.....

https://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/d/vw ... 50556.html
1976 VW Bus aka tripod
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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Post by TrollFromDownBelow » Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:20 pm

This one is slightly more realistic...at least it has the drivetrain...

https://saginaw.craigslist.org/cto/d/vo ... 26556.html
1976 VW Bus aka tripod
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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Re: The Craigslist Bus Thread

Post by whc03grady » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:32 am

Looks nice in the pics. My 1970 automatic Squareback could get 38mpg, back in the day.
https://billings.craigslist.org/cto/d/v ... 80050.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

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