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M333KS D
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7th Apr 06 at 11:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hi, i have just bought a vw beetle cabriolet to restore, its a 1972 model, with a newish engine, (done 30k) restored dash with gauges etc built in, prosche bodykit and porsche wheels,




what do people think it will be worth when it is in show condition?
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7th Apr 06 at 11:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My mate had a similar beetle but never showed it.
Best to ask on a forum but they fetch silly money if done correctly.
Beetle owners/collectors are very fussy and want every thing original
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7th Apr 06 at 11:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats quality !!

try http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/ i don't know how relevent it would be cos its an american site....

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7th Apr 06 at 12:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
modded beelte are never worth the same as restored. you cut off allot for the market.

imo change the weels for some polished EMPI 8 spokes, and spend some money on show kit (chrome grille covers, trims ect) and you'll have yourself a nice show'er

[Edited on 07-04-2006 by Greg_M]
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I Know a bit about beatles worked with them for an year and a half, I know that a standerd restored Beatle Convirtable 1600 would fetch about £4000 if it was in good nick and the older the better with beatles.

I would say if you get that looking good and maybe change the wheels you would proberly be looking at £4500 maybe?

Whats the engine mate i it a 1600 air cooled?
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That looks very much like a Wizard Roadsters conversion with awful fibreglass bumpers, I hope the conversion has been done well as a lot of them are bodged home done conversions.
I used to own a early 67 call looker and I still follow the air cooled scene so do know a fair bit about them.

Get those bumpers off and put either some chrome blade bumpers of the US spec 'towel rail' bumpers, if it doesn't have early sloping headlights then get a couple of early fibreglass wings as the earler wings/lights look so much better than the later stand up ones, also ditch those god awful 1303 elephant feet rear lighrts and get some nice early US spec ones or hot rod style teardrops, take that plastic 1303 cover off the decklid and get a pope's nose on there!
If you're on 4 stud hubs (which it should be for that age) then change the rims for a nice set of Porsche cookie cutters or Gas Burner replicas (if you can fins them) or Empi 8's, if you are on 5 stud then Gas Burners or Empi 5's are the way to go!
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7th Apr 06 at 13:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
take the mad jam mcgran washer jets and replace them with some 1507428ema ones.

oh, and buy some flowery hippy graphicy thingys and your well away
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7th Apr 06 at 13:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^^^^

thats what i thought, i dont know too much about them, as you may have guessed, but what would you say it would be worth if i just corrected the bodywork with a new spray and just tarted it up a bit??
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i agree with jules, but have fun getting gas burners or cookie cutters these days for a good price

empi 5 spokes would look ace
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7th Apr 06 at 13:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any more pics??
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no sorry mate, thats all i have, has anybody got any pics of these gas burners or the bumpers etc, as i have no idea what this all means!
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7th Apr 06 at 13:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
have a look on
http://www.bigboystoys-uk.com/
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That is a US spec 'towel rail' front bumper, the Euro 'blade' bumper is just the same but without the rail running across the top or the overriders (the parts that go upwards)

Gas burner wheels:


Cookie cutters (replicas):


Porsche Fuch's (replicas):
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