1964 Vw Beetle - Daily Driver on 2040-cars
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Body Type:U/K
Engine:1600 Dual Port
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:GAS
For Sale By:Private Seller
Interior Color: Black with charcoal carpeting
Make: Volkswagen
Number of Cylinders: 4
Model: Beetle - Classic
Trim: Deluxe Sedan
Drive Type: Rear
Mileage: 40,410
Exterior Color: Tornado Red
Warranty: No warranty
This Bug is ready to drive cross-country if you like. Mechanically, nothing needs to be done to it unless you want to modify what's there. Here's what I've done to it over the last year:
- new shocks front and back, including Empi for a lowered front end
- new front tires 175/60/15; rear have less than 10k miles. Empi 5-star rims.
- new heavy duty front sway bar w/urethane bushings for link-pin lowered front end
- new stock german muffler, non-stock but deeper sounding pea-shooters
- new rear brakes, complete; does need a new master cylinder
- new shock tower body-to-frame pads, same in front where the body sits on the crossbeam
- 9 new pan-to-body bolts w/plates (PO was missing 1/2 of the 18)
- complete re-furbished GERMAN engine tin, including working t-stat and bracket, new air cooling flaps made by Awesome Powdercoat in OH.
- new Euromax carb (I know, not a german rebuild)
- Pertronix Flame Thrower SVDA w/electronic ignition
- Master Series Silver rust proofed the floor pans
- New Wolfsburgh west tar boards for the pans and padding for the interior luggage compartment/firewall
- properly set all of the interior carpeting; correct radio shut off plate
- New: wiper switch, light switch, 12-v lighter socket, left parking light socket.
- ALL Electrical works: parking lights, interior light, license plate light, horn, no shorts.
- upgraded the wiper motor armature for a 12-volt system, so the single speed wipers WORK, and fast. Also installed the correct wiper fluid bottle for the year, but the top leaks air
- New battery (1 year old now), new alternator/chrome alternator pulley, new v-belt, spare in the trunk; new accelerator, clutch, and heater cables (spare of the 1st 2 go w/the car)
- new heat exchangers, both sides, and working heat, though slow to start.
- Scat pro-car 90 front bucket seats
- new 3-point front seat belts from Wolfsburg West.
- Original VW rear seat bottom kick panels, but from a later year Bug.
- the original front seats go with the sale
- the original back seat top is installed, but the bottom in the car is from a later year so it's too high to bolt the backrest to the sides of the car; I have the correct year bottom seat spring frame, but haven't upholstered it. All original seats go w/the car when I sell it.
- also installed original factory German window regulators for the year
- shift lock and keys
The odometer reads just over 40,000 but that is not accurate. I accept PayPal, wire transfers or cash. $1,000 deposit from the winning bidder w/in 24 hours of winning the bid, otherwise I reserve the right to re-post or go to the next highest bidder if the reserve has been met. Don't ask me what the reserve is, I won't discuss it. Also - this is a 49 year old car. No warranty is implied or offered, it is sold as-is, and no refunds.
Thanks and good luck!
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