They only worth that with original paint and panel imo.
v8_mopar,
Feb 9, 8:13pm
So in the real would could it fetch $4000 maybe! on a good day
hyphen,
Feb 9, 8:17pm
wow, talk about overcapitalize! nah, you'd get a good driveable one from the states for 1/4 of that. Maybe even a 21 window for about 1/2
mm12345,
Feb 9, 8:48pm
There are only two 21 window kombis for sale on Ebay, one is US$106,000, the other sitting on $US61,000 with 31 bids, not at reserve.
But edit to say - the split screen one advertised above is a crazy price, but perhaps it is what it owes him/her.
mantagsi,
Feb 9, 8:52pm
Sure, it is a mad amount of money, but folks seem prepared to pay these mad sums for the old Kombi's, so I suppose the asking price is understandable. But yeah, crikey dick that is a lot of dough for an empty shell
supernova2,
Feb 9, 10:14pm
More money than sense if you ask me.
vjregal770,
Feb 9, 10:54pm
Part Nazi, part hippie, all ugly.
mrfxit,
Feb 10, 6:12am
Whats disappointing about that body verses the price is that it's ONLY the outside thats been done. Doesn't appear to have been any work done inside.
Would be more realistic if all the panel & primer paint had been done inside and out & all of the original upholstery was available with it plus glass refitted. Then all you needed to do was finish painting it to oem colors, redo the upholstery (old for patterns) & reco the mechanicals plus new oem tyres
mrfxit,
Feb 10, 6:36am
& of course we all know theres lots more to do that we don't mention because it's so dang frustrating
hyphen,
Feb 10, 6:41am
yip, knew I'd hook a VW wowser with that one. there should be a tongue-in-cheek icon, I reckon
whqqsh,
Feb 10, 6:43am
let the market decide, if it doesnt sell then the price is too high, if it does sell then 2 people are happy. There is a lot of overpriced stuff on here but many old cars are only getting rarer & rarer.
morrisjvan,
Feb 10, 8:42am
yeah it sounds dear , but if you had even a goodish example, you could still spend 20k + on body work, without even trying!
murray55,
Feb 10, 9:26am
That's amazing . wonder why they are attracting such enormous money .I mean I can see that they certainly have oodles of charm and character, and of course are rare, but IMHO that's a lot of money to spend on charm and character .
franc123,
Feb 10, 9:33am
Another aborted project where far too much has been spent and its still years from being a road legal runner, other half has said 'no more' and/or has got sick/pregnant/departed and reluctant other half is deliberately hijacking sale process by putting silly asking price on in conjunction with fantasies about its completed value. These sort of projects you don't really make anything out of really unless you can completely DIY the mechanics and bodywork and only pay others for the likes of machining work, upholstery etc. If you're not a master body builder and mechanic, forget it.Not much point in spending 100k, much of which is labour cost fixing a pile of rust from the ground up if you might get the same amount or less back if you sell.In the case of that vehicle it says the mechanicals are 'intact' which suggests they've been removed and thrown in a dusty corner and not examined or reconned. Its an expensive pile of parts.
smac,
Feb 10, 10:10am
The finished camper on here last year sold for about $65k.
murray55,
Feb 10, 12:19pm
Same old story, something only worth what someone will pay .but $65 IMHO is an enormous amount .
richynuts,
Feb 10, 12:34pm
$65K is alot of money though a vw camper is possibly a far better investment than a new Audi A3 or Subaru Legacy.
franc123,
Feb 10, 1:02pm
Of course, but the question is what did it cost to get into a state where someone coughed 65k for it! If you bought a mint, and I mean a truly mint one 10+ years ago for 10k, kept it in top order and spent wisely on its preservation then yes you have done well. If you bought a rusty wreck for 1k and spent another 70k on resto work, especially someone elses labour doing it up then you most certainly haven't.
We drove a VW bus (single-screen westfalia) about 20,000 miles all over the US.It attracted a lot of attention (all of it good), in the Northern states because they are pretty rare now (salt on roads), in California and Florida because they are very, very popular.
nightboss,
Feb 10, 2:15pm
My brother was forced to sell his half-finished project years ago, makes me wonder if the Kombi buy now of $25,500 is the same amount as a divorce lawyer bill.
trogedon,
Feb 10, 4:25pm
Yep, prices are right up there. Its a bit silly how the seller has bumped up the price by another $500 because that's what they've just forked out.
merrigj,
Feb 10, 4:44pm
That is my holy grail and I would pay 25K for that, just need 25K.
thejazzpianoma,
Feb 10, 4:53pm
Whats the go with the wavy panels on the side of old Kombi's! I often see restored ones that are still horribly wobbly down the side . Were they a bit like that from new or is it just a case of big panels and bad panel and prep!
thejazzpianoma,
Feb 10, 4:57pm
The orange color makes me think this is another one of those rigged tests where they put a heavy load in the back and run the test at a much faster speed than NCAP etc. There are a few on Youtube.
I forget the real reason for doing the tests like that but there was some logic behind it all. Just that numpty's post them without any explanation.
Don't get me wrong, its bad but no where near as bad as the video would suggest.
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