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If anyone is looking for an easy convertible project, here it is!

It has New Blood Orange paint (it's not as red as it looks in the picture . . . it's real close to the color of Lamar and Cindy's 71 Super), new bumpers, trim, and running boards, almost new tires, good brakes, freshly rebuilt 1600 Dual Port, good transaxle.

It needs -- install fender beading and tighten the fender bolts and install the tail lights.  It needs new seat covers and carpet, and there is one small crack in the top of the dash, but it's not bad.  The driver's side door glass is off the track.  The worst part of the whole car is the top . . . it needs a header bow and the bow above the back window, padding, headliner and a new top.

Rust -- there are a couple of VERY small places on the floor pans that could be fixed in very short order with POR-15 and fiberglass (or a mig welder and some small patches if you want to do it "right" ).  Other than that, the car is pretty much rust free.  It originally came from California and the guy that owns it now bought it from a lady in Nevada.  It doesn't look like it's ever been hit.

The guy that owns it started to fix it up for a daily driver, but he's a truck driver and has been running to the west coast a lot and hasn't had to time to work on it for the past 6 months.  He dropped by the house today and said he'd probably never have time to finish it up and asked it I could help him find it a new home.  Overall it's about as solid and straight as convertibles in this area come.  It would make an excellent project for someone . . . I would buy it in a heartbeat if I had the money!  His price is under $3500 and somewhat negotiable.

If you're interested in it, email me zen@volksfolks.org and I'll put you in touch with him.

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71 Super Beetle Convertible for sale - New Paint -- Easy Project for someone

« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2002, 02:27:00 AM »
Ohhhhhhh thats very tempting......

under 3500.00 ohhhhhhhh :mecry: me no have that much...


Perk..... U need this! I :love:

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i have a friend in ringgold who is looking for a convertable....i think i just may have this one sold...is it still there?  let me know, thanks!

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I don't have a clue where I put his phone # or what his last name is . . . :blush: . . . I'll ride over there tomorrow and see if he still has it.

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you don't have to zen.  once he found out the price, he backed off.  he still wants a convertable though, so i'll keep looking for him.  thanks anyway. :colgate:

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Kitty, your friend will probably be looking a long time if he is going to try and find something as nice as that one is for less money.  If the pic does it justice that will be hard to beat :smoke:

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well, i told him it was hard to find one at a good price but he still wants one.  but i am not sure he can get much on a pizza hut salary.  but i'm still looking for him.  he says he understands that he'll need to fix one up but he wants one that's at least running alright with no major rust.  *yeah, good luck!*

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Is the Cab still for sale?




Kitty: nice toes :coolshades:

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kitty,
thats a very good deal on a convert......

 tell your friend to save his pennys and dimes, and just buy one fixed up already, he's going to have 15,000 in a junker by the time he finds a rust bucket for 800.00 and fixes it...

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Quote from: "Kitty"
he says he understands that he'll need to fix one up but he wants one that's at least running alright with no major rust.

In the past 6 or 7 years (that's about how long since I was "bitten by the Bug) I can count on one hand all the Beetle Convertibles for sale at less than $3000 that I would even consider getting out on the road in . . . and those of you that know me know that I'll drive stuff 6 or 7 hundred miles away from home that no one else would consinder sitting in!  In my opinion, this is a VERY good car for the money.  This might even be one of those rare cars that you could fix up, drive a few years and actually get all of your money back out of if you sold it.

There was no one home when I went by there Sunday and the Beetle is (or was) locked up in his shop.  So I don't know for sure if he has sold it yet or not . . . but I don't think he has.

When I looked at it, it still needed stuff like putting in the fender beading and tighening up the fender bolts.  It wasn't ready to set out on the road with a for sale sign in the window . . . he ask me to help find it a good home because he had not had time to work on it in a while.  I doubt he's done anything with it yet.  I still can't find his name and phone # . . . I'll try to catch him at home sometime in the next few days and find out for sure if he still has it.

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:blush: God only knows how much we've put into herman...well, i'll try again.  truth is, not much can come out of a pizza hut paycheck...this is a once in a life time deal, and he just doesn't see it.

hey perk, was that u i passed on morris hill road?  right at igou gap?

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I have been by a couple more times and not caught anyone at home, but I just found the owner's name and phone number . . . it's too late to call tonight and I'm leaving early in the morning going to Branson, MO, so anyone that interested call Don Anderson @ 706-639-9345.  If it's alread gone, please post an update!

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