Professionally Restored 67 VW Bug For Sale...

That is one fine auto. I am most impressed with the stock engine. Usually when a bug get's "restored" it's with el-cheap-o racing style parts.

I would say your asking price is fair. I hope you are able to sell it, and I congratulate the lucky winner that drives it away!

I have a sixty eight myself. Not nearly as good of condition. But then, she's my daily driver. It wouldnt seem right to put her in the garage!

-Ray

Bump for a sweet looking bug.

Why are you selling?

BTW, nobody in Australia drinks Fosters. That's for dumb export drinkers only. :-) I found that out when I was down under back in 2000. They only drank Victoria Bitters and XXXX.

Jim B.

OMG. An old car that's not been lowered or blown out or had ugly things done to the interior or...

:)

Man it's sad how they mess up old classic cars.

Saturday, December 25 2004, @ 9:33 AM (-0700 GMT)

Merry Christmas Joseph!

Gee, I wish I could say that it was 100% "factory stock," but I can't. I added a few things to make it more "drivable," and also improved engine cooling to make it l a s t longer.

The original "wimpy" generator has been replaced with a Bosch alternator, and the engine now has a Gene Berg 5 1/2 quart oil pan. A few other things were done, but nothing that cannot be reverted to factory stock, except for one thing. For some reason I do not understand, when the car was put up on blocks in storage in 1983, the owner, a girl, sold the 1500 cc engine. My only option when the pan off restore was done by Stephens V-Dub, in Washington state, was to install a 1600 cc engine, STOCK of course, for reliability. I think its probably for the best as "1600s" are a dime a dozen, and easy to get, while keeping a 1500 "up" might get difficult in time.

While I really LOVE old classic cars, I think the 1948 Mercury Convertable was a real honey, I don't like old cars that you can't DRIVE and have to keep locked up in a museum. What kind of FUN is that?

Jim

VW specific upgrades or things like bulbs and electrical are fine - it's when they do sometihng like on that show "overhaulin" that gets me. Only a couple of times have they kept the car close to stock looking.

It's actually quite difficult to find original looking vehicles these days.

i've still got about 20 sets of 1500 rings if you need any.