[For Sale: Car] My beetle
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Whatever you do, don't be shy and under-value it. This might limit the amount you can claim if something ever did happen to it. Original beetles are getting rarer every year, and yours would be very difficult/expensive to replace if you ever needed to.
Imagine if your car burned to the ground tomorrow, the work, time and expense it would take to replace it.
It's always useful to save some classified ads for cars very similar in age and condition to your own. In case you ever need to convince the insurance company of its value.
Obviously, the higher the price in the ad, the better for you. No point in keeping ads for €500 rotters.
It's always useful to save some classified ads for cars very similar in age and condition to your own. In case you ever need to convince the insurance company of its value.
Obviously, the higher the price in the ad, the better for you. No point in keeping ads for €500 rotters.
As the boys said Tony, the value has to represent the current replacement cost. If you think about the fact the supply of panels is drying up and NOS panels are going through the roof in terms of price, not to mention the price of all parts in general has rocketed in the last 12-15 months, if you have a genuinely rust free Beetle then it's worth a lot of money nowadays.
I was lucky to get the last n/s door from VW Spares for the Cal Look. There are none available in the UK apart from used items. You will not get a Beetle restored for less than €12k these days, not including the cost of buying the Beetle in the first place so don't be afraid to value your Beetle at a price that reflects this as you have done a full body off resto on your car as well as loads of upkeep. Ask Riggsi, Jon White and Emilio if you're in any doubt.
Both myself and Trev are gathering parts for our next restorations. Trev's restoring a '73 1300S and I'm restoring a '72 Anniverasry Beetle. We can both tell you how hard it is to find good panels and if we're lucky enough to find some we're paying a lot more than we've ever paid for panels. They just don't exist anymore so by the time we're both finished we'll be many thousands of Euros into each Beetle so if someone was to buy them they'd have to step up and pay the real current (rising) value. The same applies for your Beetle so value it accordingly.
I was lucky to get the last n/s door from VW Spares for the Cal Look. There are none available in the UK apart from used items. You will not get a Beetle restored for less than €12k these days, not including the cost of buying the Beetle in the first place so don't be afraid to value your Beetle at a price that reflects this as you have done a full body off resto on your car as well as loads of upkeep. Ask Riggsi, Jon White and Emilio if you're in any doubt.
Both myself and Trev are gathering parts for our next restorations. Trev's restoring a '73 1300S and I'm restoring a '72 Anniverasry Beetle. We can both tell you how hard it is to find good panels and if we're lucky enough to find some we're paying a lot more than we've ever paid for panels. They just don't exist anymore so by the time we're both finished we'll be many thousands of Euros into each Beetle so if someone was to buy them they'd have to step up and pay the real current (rising) value. The same applies for your Beetle so value it accordingly.
thanks guys i will have to get a heated bubble and have her under armed guard when i look back at the amount of money i spent so far €16k [ i hope herself dont see this ]not including my time
i think i could but a price of €25k ?
i think i could but a price of €25k ?
There are still a few specialist bug places in Aus, including 2 in Adelaide. But they save averything they can for reuse, as it's hard to get good new parts these days
this is a reply i got from rob boardman the guy wrote the web on repairing a beetle
this is a reply i got from rob boardman the guy wrote the web on repairing a beetle
I think any original VW part is worth saving and restoring if possible nowadays unless there is a replacement part of equal standard.
Thats my biggest fear about dying, my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost