1967 VW Beetle Show Car For Sale
This 67 Beetle is a truly impressive build.
The owner has provided fantastic photos of the car that will guide you through it quite well.
Rather than wear my fingers to the bone with over 100 captions for each photo posted,
I will lay out the whole story and then chime in with my thoughts here and there....
The car is originally from the Phoenix area, and had a total body-off restoration and paint to very high quality, on a rust and accident free two owner car, about ten years ago.
Paint work cost $8000 at the time, it is finished in 1972 Dodge Bright Turquoise. All hardware is stainless, and everything is either chromed, polished, or painted body color.
Even the transmission and starter have polished ribs and body color paint. Since 2000, it has had about 10,000 miles of use, but even the underside is still almost perfect.
The car changed hands in 2006 for
and at the time was professionally appraised at $19,500
The car changed hands again in 2007, still staying in the Phoenix area. That owner spent considerable time and money on an already excellent car.
The interior was totally redone using very high quality materials, at a cost of over $7000.
The engine was rebuilt by Competition Engineering in Phoenix, using a 2332 cc displacement and all the best parts.
(eg carbon fiber 911 fan shroud) at a cost of over $7000.
A custom fuel injection system was built, utilizing the Simple Digital Systems "SDS" engine control computer and ignition system. (approved for aircraft use, cost of approx. $1400).
Transmission is a rhino case with 3.88 gears, built by Albert Eschenbaugh, and was new approx. 3000 miles ago. Gene Berg locking shifter.
The car was sold in 2009 to a non-enthusiast on the East Coast and only accumulated another 300 miles before the current owner purchased the car in July of last year.
He has subsequently spent considerable time and effort sorting and tuning the car, and prepping it to show. Unfortunately, his plans have changed and he now needs to sell the car.
The car is now located in the Monterey area and has a clear California title.
The car features full Porsche vented disc brakes, Porsche master cylinder and original early Porsche Fuchs polished alloy rims (including spare) with the rare 6" wide rims on the rear.
Michelin tires are new, with less than 500 miles.
The front suspension is Puma adjustable beam, J-Tech lowered spindles and a new TRW steering box were used.
Other features:
Full custom VDO instrumentation and wideband O2 gauge for tuning.
Flat lens H-4 headlights, front turn signals hidden in the headlight shell.
Swing out rear windows
Two row oil cooler with electric fan
Remote spin-on oil filter
A-1 Sidewinder exhaust with Stainless muffler (no longer available)
Optima Red Top battery
Halotron 2.5 lb fire extinguisher
High quality fitted car cover
Removeable deck lid for show and easy access
This is a partial list of the work that was done since last year:
Replaced fuel injectors with correct size and style
Revise fast idle set-up
Revise tuning for new fuel injectors
Add wideband O2 meter and relocate O2 sensor
Add fuel return line from surge tank to main tank
Revise fuel tank vent set-up
Flush and clean fuel lines
Repair manifold and air box leaks
Repair minor oil leaks
Add deck lid stand-off for better cooling
Tidy up and wrap all exposed wiring
Change engine oil and filter
Repair leaks in brake line, rebuild rear calipers, clean master cylinder, relocate brake fluid reservoir, full bleed and new brake fluid
Change transmission fluid
OK...got all that??
Now lets get on to the images....
Gene Berg locking shifter...high end German square weave wool rugs.
Detailed in all areas...
This is perhaps the only notable flaw in the paintwork...blisters on the fule tank...the rest is superb.
Always garaged and covered!
Fuel injection controller.
Check out the detail on the back side of the bumpers...NICE!!
Fantastic interior.
Polished aluminum hood hinges with shock type lifts...
Battery cut off swithc.
Seriously beautiful interior!!
Not your normal little flat 4 out back...
Nice stance...
Full instrumentation.
Mileage on the odometer is accurate since build was completed.
Superb
Wow!!!
No joke...this guy went all out!
But dont be fooled by the shiny underbelly...this car is fully sorted and drivable!
4 wheel disc brakes!
Look at that floor pan!!
Impressive car no matter how you look at it and more money and time invested in it than you would ever want to spend.
The best part about this dream machine is that it is all complete and done and fully functional.
Bring it to any show in the world and blow some minds, or take it out for coffee on the weekend!
An incredble buy for the money at ..
$20,000 obo
For More Info...CALL
951-767-1600
or email oldbug@earthlink.net