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VW Question!!HELP!!

« on: January 18, 2004, 08:21:07 PM »
I have a 71 Super Beetle Convertible and it is in the process  of being restored.  My husband isn't in to VW's so its really hard for him to work on it, he likes to work on old muscle cars.
Anyway, I have the car and i have put four new wheels and tires on it, a new paint job, almost new seats, and I sigh to think of all the new and used parts i have bought. I want to sell it, does anyone think it would sell like it is? I would appreciate any info anyone has!! Thanks

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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2004, 11:27:27 AM »
You can find somebody to buy a VW Cabriolet in any condition.  The only question is price.  You shouldn't have any problem finding a buyer if the price is right!

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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2004, 12:30:50 PM »
Sounds to me like you need to "convert" your husband instead of getting rid of the Bug!

When my wife and I got married almost 12 years ago, you couldn't have melted me and poured me into a VW.  I grew up with Chevys . . . with an occasional Buick or Pontiac thrown in for good measure.  For the first few years we were married Joy kept hounding me to find her a convertible Beetle . . . I'd always come back with something like "I'm not letting anyone I care about drive in one of those tin can death traps that Hitler invented."  But she was persistant and my step-son joined the fight when he was about to get his learners permit and saw an old 71 Beetle in a million pieces for sale.  I gave in to him and helped him buy it (the guy was asking a whooping $125 for it) for several reasons.  
1 - It was cheap.
2 - He would have to get his hand dirty and put in a lot of sweat equity to get it on the road.
3 - I didn't have to worry about him getting on the road in that death trap because of #2.

That was about 8 years ago.  Since then I've gotten rid of all but one of my non-VWs (I've got an '88 Buick Reatta in the garage, but haven't had it on the road in almost 2 years).  I've owned probably 50 VWs during that time.  I currently have 3 running Beetles and a Bus in my driveway, one project Beetle in the garage, 2 more projects stored at my daughter's boyfriends house, two more running Beetles at my mom's house.  My daily driver is a '73 bus ("Homer the Superbus") and my wife's daily driver is a '75 Superbeetle Convertible ("Sunny").  Our backup transportation is a 74 Superbeetle ("Tommy").  I've been involved in the Volks Folks club since it's inception in February of '98.  Almost all of our vacations in the last 6 years have been planned around VW events.  It's an addiction . . . and if anyone is around them long enough, they will become addicted.

But, if you still want to sell it, I think there is one more spot at my mom's house she might let me stick something in . . .  :D

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