Are old Bug bodies really going for $10k+?

More than any car in the history of automobiles, this was the people's car, built, astoundingly, from 1938 until 2003.
Matt
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Are old Bug bodies really going for $10k+?

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I heard that somewhere... restorers are paying absurd amounts just for shells.
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Re: Are old Bug bodies really going for $10k+?

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Don't know about that, but on the Eastern Shore, my buddy tried to sell a super beetle for about a year - maybe longer - and finally took it to the scrapper last month. Got $135.
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Re: Are old Bug bodies really going for $10k+?

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Hm, must have been split window bodies I heard about.
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Re: Are old Bug bodies really going for $10k+?

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The old VW market is hyper inflated. Its isn't quite as bad as some of the Fora

The worst section is the Split Busses - Type I 1950-1967. A rusty body shell missing its pieces can capture anywhere from 20-50k...no engine or transmission.

There is a firm which works up Old Vanagons into Campers, reworks engine and trans, and sells them for 75k. They have all the orders they want. Kudos to them, but 75k for a VW camper used is still insanity...all IMHO of course

Spllit Beetles 1953-back are being restored and sold for 50-100k an hour south of me. Also full with work. These restorations are NOT perfect, but good workmanship and materials. OEM parts for the splits simply are NLA.
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