1959* Vw Beetle Classic Convertible, Recent Restoration, New Top, Tires, Tune Up on 2040-cars
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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If you are a true VW purist, stop reading now- this is not your car.
Nicknamed "Heinz 57", This classic VW Beetle convertible is titled as a 1959 as it was built on a 1959 chassis and running gear. The rest of the car is comprised of new parts, reproduction parts and parts from several other Beetle donor cars. 99% of the people who look at this car won't be able to tell...the remaining 1% will be stumped at car shows trying to figure out which part is from which year. That said it all hangs together well and is a fun runabout, around town car. I've recently purchased three vintage Saab's and the Beetle is the odd car out in my collection. I've decided to see if there's some interest in Heinz before he goes to winter storage. I have $10,000 invested in the car. All of the restoration was done in South Carolina by the previous owner, a VW buff. I bought the car recently and discovered some needs. It just came out of the shop this week with over $2,400 in repairs (details below and I will provide the buyer with the receipt) so everything is all sorted for the new buyer. The car is 12 volt. The Beetle was painted during the restoration in 2007 and is cactus green metallic (02 Jeep color). The interior is all new and is best described as "salmon" in color. Carpet is tan. Here's a brief overview on some of the parts and what vintage Beetle they were sourced from: Rebuilt engine from a 1972 Beetle (approx 3,000 miles driven since rebuild) All electrical is 1969 rear fenders are 1959 tail lights are 1965 (aftermarket) front fenders are 1965 front hood and deck lid are 1966-67 Seats are 1966 all door panels are 1969 convertible fuel tank is 1959 (external tank door access deleted, metal patched before painting) steering column and ignition is 1959 New black canvas top with wood bows (no headliner), has a new off white boot cover (shown in photos) Speedo and fuel gauge are 1965 all new brakes and master cylinder (brake fluid tank is 1959 and located behind the spare) 1959 style radio antenna (aftermarket Pioneer am/fm stereo with speakers underneath the rear bench seat) *as with many old Beetles, heater ducts have been disconnected underneath, pans all clean and coated with POR 15 front and rear seat belts are new *Repairs completed October 2013: oil changed with new oil screen complete tune-up and valves adjusted new ignition wires all new belts new king pins new short shifter and all bushings new heater hose new parking brake cable new fuel filter carburetor rebuilt with all new gaskets new rear brake drum new cv boot new ignitor ignition Nice set of aftermarket wheels with nearly new tires. The paint is a 7 out of 10 job- not perfect but very presentable. The cactus green with black top and red/salmon interior draws rave reviews. You'll have the only Beetle in this color combo. All glass is excellent. One of the rear window cranks is missing part of the handle. There is a 3-inch scratch on the top of the passenger front fender (see photo) that has been touched up. Runs great- drives straight down the highway. Always drives better with the top down for some reason. Beetles are very simple cars- the photos tell the story. Shipping is the responsibility of the buyer. Unless agreed to in advance, the car must be picked up within 7 days of sale. Car and title not released until all funds are received. |
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VW pondering low-cost sub-brand for China?
Wed, 30 Jan 2013More detail is being sketched into the Volkswagen Group's plan to launch a low-cost brand for emerging markets. Late last year a German report quoted a VW rep saying that the brand has been interested in building a no-frills car, the kind that would challenge Dacia and Datsun, for a while. With both Proton and Suzuki effectively out of the partnership picture, a report in Reuters suggests VW could go straight to China, developing a car with its joint venture partners and building and selling it there.
Officially, company CEO Martin Winterkorn said the issue of a model for emerging markets would be decided this year but VW isn't any closer to confirming any kind of plan for a car in its portfolio underneath the Up!, remarking to Reuters about the China possibility, "That's an issue we're currently looking at."
Volkswagen iBeetle gets integrated iPhone dock, little else
Fri, 19 Apr 2013Apple fans have been itching to see the tech giant flex the full muscle of its iOS operating system in an automotive infotainment system for years, which is why we turned all sorts of excited when we caught wind of the Volkswagen iBeetle. The machine is headed to the Shanghai Motor Show for a debut, and VW promised it would be one of the "first cars in the world to have a genuine integrative interface for the iPhone that was coordinated with Apple." Listen closely, and you can hear the contented sigh of a million wallets opening.
Go ahead and close those up, kids.
In reality, the iBeetle offers little more than a dash-mounted dock and a special app that shows a few vehicle functions, which is about as far from an infotainment revolution as you're likely to find. In fact, the setup is little more than a factory rehash of aftermarket items, and hardly worth a whole model debut at an international motor show. And that's to say nothing of the fact that Apple relishes in changing the shape and form of its darling handheld at every generation. Volkswagen better be prepared to keep pace with appropriate docking mechanisms for the upcoming iPhone 5S, 6, 6S, et al.
Volkswagen considering a four-door, four-seat XL1
Fri, 22 Aug 2014According to a report in Autocar, Volkswagen might have more in mind for the XL1 than mining it for advances to grace the next-generation Golf. Aiming to fight the Honda FCEV due for public consumption next year, we're told VW executives have put a four-door, four-seater version of the XL1 - it could be called XL2 - on the drawing board. The impetus is said to come from the top, with VW Group chairman Ferdinand Piëch intent on staying in the deep end of "super-efficent vehicles."
Autocar suspects the necessary changes could raise the weight of the car from 1,749 pounds to 2,068 pounds, which would make it four pounds less than the 2,072-pound Up! we drove a few years ago. Crucially, however, the mag thinks the extra capacity wouldn't change the two-seater's 310-mile-per-gallon rating, with tech tweaks and the aerodynamic benefit of a longer car offsetting the weight. Speculation is that the back seats would be staggered like the fronts in order to maintain the XL1's overall profile.
We recently heard about another XL1 variant that's gone off the radar entirely, the Ducati-engined XLR that we thought we'd see at the Geneva Motor Show and that was said to be going into production, so this one could go the same way. The biggest hurdle to making such an idea a reality, though, could be the price: the current XL1 costs 110,000 euros ($146,116). If VW really is going to compete with the Honda FCEV and the Toyota FCV - $70,000 in Japan - that might be where it wants to start.