Funnily enough I just came on to put ours back on here for sale.
that car is exactly the same, an old black repaint over medium brown. Our 50 is matching numbers all og, and VERY solid needing h/ch bottom plates (not h/ch's they are solid) ) and odd bits and bobs of welding but nothing major, but 100% correct og parts ( apart from grooved sems).
We want 11k but wont sell it for a penny less, which is the cheapest complete all og parts, matching numbers 50 around by far. To be honest I know we are very lazy about selling it :oops: :d as we are not desperate at all, and yes it will want a full mechanical overhaul as O pulled it out of a barn where it has sat since the late 70s but its a running driving completely original car that has never been got at, and I am genuinely very surprised that we still have it at the money!
But clearly the 10k+ beetle market is slow, as look at the 49 on here!
Unfortunately, the sum total of a complete split beetle's parts are more than 10k ( I know, I have worked it out as I have been offered 10k for mine, but decided I preferred to keep it instead) although I did say I would let it go for 11k at the time so it was very close. So when you get to the point where it is more profitable to break a split than sell it complete, you will find either:
a. most people who need the cash will break it up instead and sell it off in parts as its easier AND more profitable,
OR
b. just not bother to sell it right now and prefer to keep it a few more years instead ( like me) 😛
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"it'll wreck the patina you haven't worked so hard to create" - 50Karmann