How much is this worth?

i would of said its worth what someones willing to pay...about £200 is a fair price..

dave

I would take the £200. I have just been offered a 68 beetle, with 2 month old 1641 engine. Car solid, and would walk an MOT tommorow...for £200.

Good grief. Have beetle prices dropped radically since I last looked? This is *loads* less than I was expecting/hoping for.

Arse, arse, arse.

Thanks anyway.

-zoara-

Yes, but the 1641 probably is what has dropped the price. Not the best upgrade for an engine, in fact, it's nearly the worst after the 1835.

Gaz

also considering where its from and how old it is !

The car itself is certainly not in its *prettyest* state. The fact that that much rot that you can see in the pictures, let alone what you see in person. Ok, so it maybe driveable, but I would put this in a project car pigeon hole. That roof isn't going to pop back, and theres something going on at the rear quarter/ heater channel area

Sorry. But its not going to go for the £850 that you are expecting, unless someone values this higher in their opinion.

James

Looks about £400 worth to me, shame about the roof, I'd have to fit a full length cloth sunroof to cover that up.

Looks like a jeans beetle to me, adds just a bit to the value as they are nothing special, so £400 would be a good price.

I've paid that for beater ones.

Always worth more when the season of shows has started. May be worth keeping it, and selling it in "high" season. I have seen some amazing prices being asked at bugjam etc (although wether anybody gets it is debatable)

Anyplace where the car is subject to inspections to register it, this is unfortunately the case.

You could probably find someone in the U.S. that would give you a bit more AND pay for the freight to deliver it. $1500-$2000 here in the U.S. is pretty common for older cars in this shape, especially if they are free of major rust(ie - nothing that is going to require major reworking or new metal to be put in on structural areas)

If it is nicer, and over 30 years old, you canimport it and bypass smog - which is why there is major activity now on these old cars. Anything in this shape is selling for $1500-$3000 now on Ebay.

Put an ad in. State that importing and such are their responsibility, and provide a few links to firms that do it for cheap to Canada or the East Coast. I bet you'll get $1500USD or more, easily.

I got my bug for $1900 in US. 1776, no rust, custom interior, etc. photos.yahoo.com/skilled_fifty_sixers check out "the mower" albums

~Peace~Justin

Some in the USA actually want RHD cars - rarity value over there. Maybe the bottomless pit of rust-free Beetles is running out. You can still get a rust-free Type 3 project for less than £500.

I hadn't thought of that. I bet all of you in the U.K. could take your old £500 or less Bug and export it to make some money. Definately more than £200-£300.

Mines a 1580cc (ish - can't remember the exact size) - would that make a difference?

-zoara-

Huh?

Tell me about it. I wish I'd sold before the roof got jumped on, and I wish I'd sorted the wing out before.. losing interest.

The bodywork seems - in my amateur opinion - sound, it's just got surfce rust. The horrible stuff at the front is just on the wing. Oh, and of course, there's that damned roof.

The people interested have all been project car people. I've been offered £300 so far. It's only had the for sale sign up for a day, so maybe there's hope? Then again, I want to sell it quickly; no point paying more tax on it.

*sigh*

Well, I'm adjusting my opinion of its value radically. Thanks to everyone for the help.

-zoara-

Yours will be 1585, that's the original 1600 size that VW produced. 1641 uses the same outer diameter cylinders with a bored out inner, so the walls are too thin to sustain good compression for any length of time. The 1835 is the same with a slightly thinner wall. Other than standard, the choices are, 88mm machine in (1678) NOT SLIP IN,

90.5mm (1776) or 94mm (1915). These ccs are assuming a stock crank. The only trouble with 94mm is if you have 10mm head studs with case savers as the inserts are too big to allow the cylinder to go in. The tip is, don't buy a VW that has a 1641 or 1835cc engine as it WILL need work soon, like a complete strip down and replacement of cylinders and pistons.

Gaz

tommorow...for

and of course, Volkspares, who aren't ( weren't) shall we say, the most conciencious of engine builders ! Shame really, as I could quite understand the upset, but I guess its just what people are prepared to pay. If you could hold off for a couple of months, when people start tinkering again, you may get some more.

James

Well, DUH. The original design was built to last nearly forever and to be economical at the same time. That meant it was not overbuilt, so doing stuff like this - of course it messed up the engine. What should have lasted 200K+ miles suddenly barely gets 40-50K.

Original is best - if you want more power, you're driving the wrong car.