I have a '67 bus. It's got some body damage, a little rust, the Westfalia camper stuff is gone as well as the top (tonneau cover over the hole), but I have all of the camper hardware. It has a SuperB engine in it. 325,000 miles. Could become a custom or a restoration.
Okay. I keep getting people leaning out of windows at traffic lights asking if I want to sell. I have a note from someone in a supermarket parking lot asking me to call if I want to sell. Someone asked me the other day if I would sell it to his friend in Canada who looks for solid buses. Nobody asks me like this to sell my Camry or Accord, or any other vehicle I've ever owned.
I haven't talked to all of these people, but the ones I query only want to pay $1000 to $1500 (and they turn up their noses when I say $5000). So why is it that a vehicle that attracts so much interest is really so worthless money-wise but so desirable to have?
Sumpin' ain't right here. Could it be because the VW bus is associated with the counterculture of the 60's and 70's? Wouldn't that actually make the bus worth more?
I put $1500 into it in the past three years. I'll park it out in the field alongside the other 60's and 70's crap and let it rust and rot before I'll let someone who's eager to have a legend have it for a freakin' song.
They ain't makin' 'em anymore, so when does the supply drop to the point where I get my $5000, or when will they be worth $25000? In '67 dollars, $25-G's is only $2500 (!).
Am I outta line here? Does anyone else feel this way?