1974 Volkswagen Beetle - Value?

[Tonberry]

A lad at work is looking to sell the above on behalf of a family member.

The car has been stored in a garage for five years without being touched since.

Before the car went out of use, it underwent a full body restoration.

It's white.

Any ideas on it's value?

[Ozzie Osmond]

Seriously, not very much money. But these cars do have an enthusiastic following among the modest levels of PHness.

You won't be in the same league as the camper vans which can change hands for £20,000 and more.

[Rubin215]

No use without pics; could be 200 if it's a crap resto.

My '71 Beetle is conservatively valued at 4K, but it's a restored 2 owner car.

Despite their age, there are loads of them still about (they made about 60 billion of them!), so they have to be pretty unusual to worth proper dosh.

Edited by Rubin215 on Wednesday 13th October 20:40

[Bowler]

I'd ask this question on a VW site

Probably get them PM'ing within minutes seconds

[notallthere]

There seems very little info on this car.





how can we value this without a pic.

[midgeman]

If the body and floor pan really are solid and still virtually as they were when 'restored' then you could be looking Toward £1k if its complete with interior and glass and solid.

I expect its a 1300 or 1500 engine? Fresh battery oil and fuel and it should fire up with no problems, maybe look at changing a few seals, rocker cover seals and push rod seals and overhauling brakes, all cheap.
The chassis and body are your main worry. There are so many hidden places on bug bodys where rot gets in so check for filler theres bound to be some but you dont want big cracking patches hidding a horror story, particularly rear arches where wing bolts on, usually had filler there.
Also check for rot in valances, rear bumper hangers, heater tubes, inner arches front and back, door bottoms, around windows, floor pan halves etc.

I was looking at one earlier in the year, a '72 1300, white, been stored for 5 years as well but resprayed before it went in, was on the road before though but needed work as mentioned to 're comision' it and had a badly fillered rear arch but that was up for £800
Very few around for less than £500 now it seems unless they have alot of rust to repair or bits missing.

Theres a saying that 'Late is the new early' as in late look bugs with upright headlights are getting as 'cool' as early curvier 50's, 60's bugs which is really what everyone wants and has done to date, late lookers generally being passed by. If nicely done up they can be worth a bit now and are going up in price everyday. Good entry level bug.

Hope that helps a bit?

Edited by midgeman on Wednesday 13th October 20:58

[midgeman]

Also depends how its been restored, just plated up or proper panels welded in/fabricated

[Pigeon]

midgeman said:

Fresh battery oil

Maybe it's just me but I usually find car batteries work better with sulphuric acid in them...

[midgeman]

Ah have u never heard of static 3 in 1?

Sorry if I have miss spelt or punctuated anything..

[k-ink]

Depends how much petrol is left in the tank

[AdeTuono]

notallthere said:

There seems very little info on this car.

how can we value this without a pic.

He said it's white. Isn't that enough? Jeeeezus.

[anonymous-user]

A post 67 beetle (or really 66 in the UK, although 67 1500 are quiet sort after) won't be worth much. If it is a minter you could get a couple of grand, get over to VZi and register, look through the classifieds to gauge a price of similar and then stick it on.

[garethj]

Depends on the quality of restoration. Lift up the rear seat base and prod about at the back end of the sills (called heater channels on a Beetle). If they're sound then it's probably alright.

Can you get it started and to an MoT?

£500 if it's rough, £2000 if it's really nice, more than that if it's exceptional but a 1974 Beetle would have to be one owner and original to beat £3000, not a restored one.

[pits]

doogz said:

OneDs said:

A post 67 beetle (or really 66 in the UK, although 67 1500 are quiet sort after) won't be worth much. If it is a minter you could get a couple of grand, get over to VZi and register, look through the classifieds to gauge a price of similar and then stick it on.

quite sought.

Sorry.

I saw that as well, still at least it is better than the "I seeked help from here" I saw the other day on a forum.

As for the Beetle
Not tax exempt
Probably Orange in colour
£500 as it is, I wouldn't pay any more for a 74 Beetle

[mat205125]

Tonberry said:

..... full body restoration.

That could mean anything from a lash up of newspaper, filler, fibreglass and Dulux, to a pristine and lovingly restored concours winning bare metal exercise.

The value could be anything between £600 and £6000 depending on which end of the scale it might be.

[Tonberry]

Thanks for the replies, really helpful.

I supplied no other information, simply because I have no other information.

I'm not interested in going to see the car so I've had to go on what the lad has told me as well as what I already know.

A Beetle 'specialist' is coming to view it over the weekend. Depending on what he offers then I'll just suggest that he lets it go.

At the end of the day my colleague is just after what it's worth. As long as he isn't being suckered into letting it go for nothing then he doesn't really care.

Thanks again

[garethj]

doogz said:

A guy i know is selling his '72 1300. It runs, and is generally in pretty good nick as far as i can tell.

Not MOT'd, but only because it expired and he hasn't used it, not because it failed. Should pass one easy:



He wants £1000 for his, so going on that, this one's not worth too much i reckon.

But that one's been messed about with; the running boards are cheap replacements, as are the T-bar bumpers which are already rusty. The doors don't fit too well and there's something very dodgy going on with the bottom of the rear 3/4 panel, just at the heater channel, just where you don't want it.

The tail lights are wrong for the car, the front wing is rippled and the bonnet doesn't fit well so it's probably had a crash at some point.

That's just what I can see from a quick look at a photo taken from 10 feet away. Not saying it's a bad car particularly, if the owner likes it then that's great but that's what makes a car not worth as much as others.