I am a 20 yr. old who has wanted an old VW since before I could drive. I've found a '71 Super Beetl ewith an AUTOMATIC STICK (no clutch) which is really great and rare for me because I could actually drive it now! It has a good paint job, nice interior and I have yet to drive it, but the guys asking 3500 OBO and I'm think he'll let it go between 2500 and 3000 depending on how desperate he is for the cash in hand. I won't have the cash for a couple of months so I'm thinking about making a small deposit to see if he'll take it to hold it til like September. I love the car and can just see how I would take my time to have my dream car. I'm not mechanically inclined and my hubby can do some basic things, but VWs have so much info available through the internet and stuff, would it be dumb of me to get this car not as a daily driver and learn as I go to fix it up? You know the classic VW pastel green ? I'm thinking that color with the white between the wheel wells and on the doors ( don't know what the look is called) with white interior and white wheelwells...or maybe pacific blue with the white...either way, I'm so excited. Sorry this is so long, but I'm ready to just run out and buy it ASAP, but could I get screwed over in the long run? Is the price high? AUTO stick makes it a bit more it seems like but this isn't a junkyard car so...
Some advice please?
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Posts: 515 (05/25/07 16:36:11) Administrator |
Whether the price is right or not really depends on a lot of factors. The major one being where it's located.
A solid rust free Bug will fetch a better price in the rust belt, (northeast, southeast, midwest, and northwest) than it would in the Southwest or West Coast. Same with a mildly rusty Bug. The autostick was a nice option. but repair parts for the various transmission systems are becoming harder and harder to find. There aren't many, if any at all, people making aftermarket parts for the autostick, since there were relatively few of them made. And NOS (new old stock) parts are extremely rare. The good news about them is if an auto trans gets to the point where there's nothing you can do to keep them running, switching to a standard transmission is fairly easy to do, with readily available parts. Even though you may feel that this IS the car for you, do some research before dropping it all on this particular car. Check The Samba classifieds and Ebay for other cars available. You may just find something better. Whichever way you go, welcome to the sickness that's known as Bug Fever. Alan
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