Posted by Mr. Nosey Two questions for you Bandi: 1) Roughly how much would that one cost in it's current state? 2) How many do you own that you plan on keeping?
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1) This one, being an early Super Beetle is about the second least popular Beetle out there, next to the later curved windshield models. Rough but complete restorable ones seem to be approaching $4k in Canada these days, which is absolutely insane. Ended up getting this one for basically scrap price, which was also insane because it's really not a bad little car. It was stashed in a barn from '87 to 2019, and I had it running (quite well even) the same day I got it home. Front firewall needs some rust repair, someone had used the tie rod end as a towing point, and every hydraulic part of the brakes is dust- but I'm very happy with it. Also my wife seems to have claimed it as her own. Sorry, that was really long winded.
2) Hmmm... the forever list: My '66 because it's been in the family since new, my '64 because it's slowly becoming my dream car, and my '69 because I made a promise that I'd never part with it when I bought it. And maybe my '83 because it's my birth year and they weren't sold here then.