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Posted by: Mark Henry Apr 13 2017, 03:46 PM

Talk amongst yourselves... blink.gif

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252861797067

Posted by: pete000 Apr 13 2017, 03:48 PM

Minor rust, easy fix !

Posted by: bretth Apr 13 2017, 04:04 PM

Must have been sitting at the bottom of ocean for some time?

Posted by: Jonathan Livesay Apr 13 2017, 04:31 PM

Damn!

Posted by: ssuperflyoldguy Apr 13 2017, 05:11 PM

It will sell & someone will fix, I had one of those in the 80's, traded it for a vw convertible because what's a bus going to be worth in the future.... The vert has held steady at $3500, bus would be a $35k one at least. I can't even afford a regular bus, sometimes you can get a cool top cut off & marry it to a reg bus... that's what I would do... Corvair engine & disk brakes tho....

Posted by: matthepcat Apr 13 2017, 09:58 PM

54 bids?!! Holy hell...for what?!

What do these sell for not rusted to bits?

Posted by: poorsche914 Apr 13 2017, 10:02 PM

QUOTE(matthepcat @ Apr 13 2017, 11:58 PM) *

54 bids?!! Holy hell...for what?!

What do these sell for not rusted to bits?

More than a factory 914-6 blink.gif

driving.gif

Posted by: RickS Apr 13 2017, 10:23 PM

Whole new meaning to 'air cooled'.

Posted by: Jason 914-6 Apr 13 2017, 10:59 PM

wide tyres must've been for beach driving in the waves. sad.gif
body work just needs a good buff dry.gif

Posted by: mangrum Apr 18 2017, 01:57 PM

QUOTE(ssuperflyoldguy @ Apr 13 2017, 07:11 PM) *

... top cut off & marry it to a reg bus...


That's what someone will probably do with this one. Kinda like buying a junk 914/6 and "convert" a /4 into a /6.

Posted by: rhodyguy Apr 18 2017, 02:01 PM

I think one went well north of 100k at either mecum or bj recently.

Posted by: KELTY360 Apr 18 2017, 03:00 PM

Looks fine to me....except the screw heads on the vin plate need to be indexed.

Posted by: 7TPorsh Apr 18 2017, 03:29 PM

If that had the double side doors it would be at 30k.

Posted by: Mark Henry Apr 18 2017, 05:11 PM



$11200 now, one day left. Here's where it will get interesting.

QUOTE(matthepcat @ Apr 13 2017, 11:58 PM) *

54 bids?!! Holy hell...for what?!

What do these sell for not rusted to bits?


23 window about the same as a 356 preA.

http://jalopnik.com/5815611/this-is-what-a-217800-1965-volkswagen-bus-looks-like

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2045303

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1970772

21 window buses are a bit cheaper.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2031224

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1974572


QUOTE(ssuperflyoldguy @ Apr 13 2017, 07:11 PM) *

sometimes you can get a cool top cut off & marry it to a reg bus... that's what I would do...


You can buy a repro 21/23 window roof kit for $5000.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1476437

Posted by: Mark Henry Apr 19 2017, 01:41 PM

$11,300, 5 hours left, the last minutes snipers will be fun to watch if you have the time. smile.gif

Posted by: Cracker Apr 19 2017, 03:54 PM

surely there is some shilling going on here...

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Posted by: tweet Apr 19 2017, 03:56 PM

it just needs to be buffed out

Posted by: tomeric914 Apr 19 2017, 05:03 PM

screwy.gif

Posted by: Rand Apr 19 2017, 05:09 PM

That's a rough one for sure, but given the value of the rare 23-window bus, what are the going rates? Can you find a better one for less than $10k?

Posted by: raynekat Apr 19 2017, 05:55 PM

Kindig It Design grafted a 21 window top onto a regular bus base. Restored and customized, it went for over $200k recently at a BarretJackson auction. VW buses, old ones, in any kind of condition have some legs.

It was a very cool and nice bus if that's any consolation.....

Posted by: raynekat Apr 19 2017, 05:58 PM

Very nice early buses are always $100k plus these days. There's a price point for ya.

Posted by: flat4guy Apr 19 2017, 06:02 PM

basically you are buying a vin tag.

Posted by: Olympic 1.7 Apr 19 2017, 07:02 PM

WOW

Jumped from 11,000 to 20,000 in the last 15 seconds. bunch of snipers on that one.


Posted by: SirAndy Apr 20 2017, 12:21 AM

QUOTE(Olympic 1.7 @ Apr 19 2017, 06:02 PM) *
WOW
Jumped from 11,000 to 20,000 in the last 15 seconds. bunch of snipers on that one.

Sold for 20k ...
blink.gif

Posted by: VegasRacer Apr 20 2017, 12:57 AM

QUOTE(Olympic 1.7 @ Apr 19 2017, 06:02 PM) *

bunch of snipers on that one.


Sniping is the only way to bid. ar15.gif

Posted by: RobW Apr 20 2017, 07:34 AM

In Sane

Posted by: mangrum Apr 20 2017, 07:44 AM

I paid $900 for a good condition running driving '67 21 window in 1980. It's one of those "boy I wish I still had that car." VWs were the gateway drug to 914's for me smoke.gif

QUOTE(RobW @ Apr 20 2017, 09:34 AM) *

In Sane


Posted by: Java2570 Apr 20 2017, 09:30 AM

My brother shared this one with me from the Palm Beach auction:

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1961-VOLKSWAGEN-23-WINDOW-DELUXE-MICROBUS-205891

Posted by: raynekat Apr 20 2017, 10:54 PM

QUOTE(Java2570 @ Apr 20 2017, 08:30 AM) *

My brother shared this one with me from the Palm Beach auction:

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1961-VOLKSWAGEN-23-WINDOW-DELUXE-MICROBUS-205891



With buyer premium, that's well over $300k for that bus.

Kind of like the early 911 market...sky high and never coming back.

Posted by: Chris H. Apr 21 2017, 06:51 AM

You can buy pretty much every piece of sheet metal for those. As mentioned before, it doesn't have to have much left of it to totally restore one.

Posted by: tomeric914 Apr 21 2017, 09:07 AM

QUOTE(Chris H. @ Apr 21 2017, 07:51 AM) *

You can buy pretty much every piece of sheet metal for those. As mentioned before, it doesn't have to have much left of it to totally restore one.

Yep, from Gersen in Bogota, Columbia. Good quality stuff. They even make gates for single/double cabs, early pressed bumpers and the '58 only bus decklid. Not inexpensive though.

https://klassicfab.com/klassicfab1/en/

Posted by: Chris H. Apr 21 2017, 09:46 AM

Yes! Green metal they call it... idea.gif...makes sense I guess. There was a resto on youtube recently where the builder spent ~$12k on green metal. Replaced a LOT of the underbelly and some outer skin but not all.

Posted by: 914GT Apr 21 2017, 11:20 AM

Wolfsburg West in California has replacement sheet metal for these buses, and looks to be less expensive then the place in Columbia even without shipping cost. I replaced the cargo floor and a few other pieces on a 1959 23-window bus last year and the parts seemed reasonable to me, compared to those on a 914. Body and paint was a 6 month project for me and I can't say I'd want to do another one. Getting those big side panels perfectly straight is a lot of work.

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