I have been getting nasty, nagging, recurring thoughts over whether or not to keep my car any longer.
I'm not sure whether it's the time of year, but I am no longer enjoying owning a Beetle or the VW scene in general (no offence), and it's kinda been creeping up on me since August.
I know these posts are a pain in the arse, but I was wondering how much it was worth...?? I was thinking about £5500.00???
Car isn't what you'd call perfect, but it's solid and has had much work done since I bought as a bit of shitter.
Here's a summary of work, some of which was done 3 or 4 years ago, but the car has covered very little mileage since -
• Body removed from floor pan.
• Floor pan off-side jacking point – rot cut out, and repaired with new section.
• Floor pan stripped of all components, wax, and old paint, abraded and painted with Epoxy Mastic 121.
• Gear-box stripped of old starter motor, wax and grease. Gearbox cleaned and painted silver.
• New starter motor fitted.
• Gearbox refitted with new gearbox mounts.
• New axle boot kit fitted to rear axles.
• New torsion bar rubbers and torsion bar caps fitted.
• New rear axle stop rubbers fitted.
• New rear anti-roll bar kit fitted (1967 only).
• Brakes stripped from floor pan, new hoses and brake lines fitted.
• Brakes converted from single circuit brakes to dual circuit, with new old stock dual circuit brake fluid reservoir and ATE master cylinder fitted. Stainless steel circlips fitted.
• Brake pedal assembly stripped and repainted, with new springs and rubber seals fitted where brake pedal assembly passes through floor pan.
• Handbrake and gear-lever stripped and painted.
• New front disc backing plates fitted.
• New wheel bearings fitted to front wheels.
• New shock absorbers (4No) and mounting kit fitted.
• Front beam stripped and repainted.
• New steering box fitted, including new coupling.
• New anti-roll bar kit fitted.
• Steering column stripped and repainted.
• New clutch fitted.
• New clutch cable fitted.
• Front and rear bumpers removed; bumper irons and all bumper sundries sand-blasted and powder coated.
• Rear of bumpers including over-riders abraded and painted silver as per factory.
• Stainless steel bumper mounting bolts fitted.
• Body repaired – old heater channels removed and new VW heater channels and closing plates fitted. New heater channels vents changed to earlier style.
• Body re-sprayed from swage line downwards.
• New Hooky’s A-post bottoms fitted.
• New Hooky’s closing plates fitted to heater channel bottoms.
• Front inner wheel arches repaired both sides.
• Rear inner wheel arches and body mounts repaired both sides.
• New VW body to floor pan seal (rubber) fitted.
• Body mounted to floor pan using stainless steel bolts throughout. Old one sheared off.
• All four wings stripped underneath and painted with Epoxy Mastic 121, primed, stone-chipped and painted body colour to match inner wheel arches.
• New wing beading to all wings. I still have the old ones.
• Wings fitted with stainless steel bolts. I still have most of the old ones.
• Rear lights and front indicators fitted with new rubbers and stainless steel bolts.
• Headlight seals renewed, stainless steel bolts fitted both sides.
• New engine bay seal.
• New spark plugs, leads, distributor cap, rotor arm, ignition coil and points fitted.
• New reproduction seat belts fitted (4No) from Wolfsburg West.
• Front fog lights fitted from Unity USA on badge bar - I'm told this is a period fitting.
• Period Kamei rear parcel shelf sourced and fitted.
• New rubber door seals fitted.
• New bumper iron grommets fitted.
• Running boards stripped underneath and painted.
• Runner boards refitted with stainless steel fixing kit. Old ones sheared.
• New exhaust fitted, including fitting kit.
• New stainless steel tail pipes fitted to exhaust.
• EMPI cheese-grater exhaust trim fitted.
• New bonnet handle gasket fitted.
• Doors fitted with stainless steel screws.
• New wing mirrors fitted to doors.
Lately, I have had the seats repaired by Spirit of the 50's, so they still look stock.
It still has original rubber floor mats, and comes with a period radio, which works off the original speaker. I also have another period radio, which I've not yet decided on lobbing in with the sale, if it goes...
I also have 67 only spare window winders from WW, and pop out catches also from WW. Still in their bags.
Headlining is passable, and probably the worst thing internally.
Car has four excellent tyres and a very good spare. I've tidied up two of the wheels by powder coating them, and detailing the outer band with Lotus white.
The other two haven't been done, as I've lost interest TBH, but these aren't too bad (plus I have got plenty of Lotus white paint). In the boot there's an original jack, and tar-board liner and electric cover (though that's a bit tatty).
Car generally has it's OYO special parts, including the elusive hub caps... It also has a speedo with an odometer, and an ashtray light, both of which folk seem to get moist over...
Help!