Crazy prices?? I have found some notes that I made at the VW Classic in California about 20 years ago.
Below are some of the prices being asked at the show.
Beetle.
W deck lid.... £202,
Hazet tool kit (VW logo) year?....£675
T air cleaner.....£310
Heart lights, pair, used.......£295
Oval speaker grill with clock, used....£354
Empty tool box........£168
Hazet plug spanner........£57
Two,new, late semaphores.......£216
Type 2
American spec bumpers, good......£40..£60
Double cab truck sides, fair....£33!
Alloy bumper trim (samba) full set.....£84
Split van doors, pair!!....£44
Vehicles
67 Samba, mint........£11,486
63 Cabrio,good........£4726
65 Double cab, lowered, good.....£1891
51 Split Beetle, v good.........£8783
Prices were converted from dollars at the time and I cannot remember the exchange rate.
Bus stuff seems reasonable,Beetle stuff not so and vehicles....well....cheap compared to the parts??
Make of that lot what you will.
Remember..........20 years ago.
Rudy....has moved from Albania well and truely into the past.