You Want How Much? (The Craiglist Beetle Thread)
- LiveonJG
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You Want How Much? (The Craiglist Beetle Thread)
To start this off:
http://corvallis.craigslist.org/car/579889184.html
A GRAND!?!?!
I'm thinking $250 would be generous.
-John
http://corvallis.craigslist.org/car/579889184.html
A GRAND!?!?!
I'm thinking $250 would be generous.
-John
Keep it acoustic.
- Sylvester
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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.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
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- Mr Blotto
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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
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/car/598764001.html
1978 Sage Green Westy - 2.0 FI - SOLD WITH 109887 miles
- Bookwus
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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.
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.
I have cancer.
It does not have me.
It does not have me.
- tristessa
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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".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.
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.
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- dtrumbo
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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.
- Dick
1970 Transporter. 2015cc, dual Weber IDF 40's
1978 Riviera Camper. Bone stock GE 2.0L F.I.
1979 Super Beetle convertible.
... as it turns out, it was the coil!
1970 Transporter. 2015cc, dual Weber IDF 40's
1978 Riviera Camper. Bone stock GE 2.0L F.I.
1979 Super Beetle convertible.
... as it turns out, it was the coil!
- Sylvester
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Gotta love IRS.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.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- DjEep
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Learn something new every day!
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
Do you want to Survive? Or do you want to LIVE?
Do you want to Survive? Or do you want to LIVE?
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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
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
1978 VW Campmobile (P-21) Westfalia - T2 2.0L F.I.- 151,000m
1982 Mercedes-Benz Estate Wagon (300TD-T) - S123 3.0L T.D. - 142,000m
1993 Dodge Maxi Van (190 SLF) InterVec Falcon - B350 Magnum 5.9L F.I. - 70,000m
1982 Mercedes-Benz Estate Wagon (300TD-T) - S123 3.0L T.D. - 142,000m
1993 Dodge Maxi Van (190 SLF) InterVec Falcon - B350 Magnum 5.9L F.I. - 70,000m
- tristessa
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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...locoqueso wrote:I thought this one looked interesting but the wheels gotta go. That must be the other 1%.
More (and bigger) pics of the car at http://windy-city-motorsports.ebizautos ... utos&pid=1
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- locoqueso
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