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 Nov 12 2009, 17:02
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 Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 73 Joined: 23-May 09 From: Baltimore Member No.: 4,315 Car: Enthusiast Look: Enthusiast Model: Enthusiast Engine: 1600  |
As I do my semi-regular scans for my next car/project, this one would have dropped me to my knees if I weren't sitting at the time. (Even then, it slumped me enough to make my office chair jetison backwards by a foot.)
The advertiser goes by 73sportsbeetle but clearly it looks like the German-offered version, the gelb-schwarzer-renner, also known as the GSR for short. All I can say is ouch!   Then, there's part two of "makes me wonder." This has to do with the '75 Super Beetles. Every year or so, I stumble across a genuine '75 Super Beetle being advertised or in person that clearly is not a La Grande. The last one I saw in person fitting this description was about three years ago. I still had my '71 at the time, but considered buying it as well. After a lot discussing and investigating into its prior ownerships, I found out it was originally Canadian. The most recent sort of accepted notion is all '75 Supers that came into the US did so as a La Grande model. Nothing about this link disproves that, but one can't help but wonder if a few non-SE '75s came directly to the states. They are almost always located in one of three west coast states. I am providing the link rather than showing all of the photos: What's its story? The curious part to me isn't the crappy paint job someone slapped on. You can see on the door jambs the probable original color and it is not a La Grande color either. The curious part is like the one I saw in person -- no sunroof. All La Grande's had sunroofs. This post has been edited by Oasis: Nov 12 2009, 17:02 |
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Nov 12 2009, 20:16
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 Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 121 Joined: 4-February 08 From: Gardners, PA Member No.: 3,201 Car: 1972 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1600cc |
Well if it truly is titled as a 75 then I would say someone swapped vin numbers. I always hate it when I see someone paint the outside of a car a different color and not paint the inside. At the very least paint the door jams flat black then it would not look as bad.
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Nov 13 2009, 05:01
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 Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 29-November 04 Member No.: 951 Car: 1978 Super Look: Vintage Model: Convertible Engine: 1600 FI |
Think that's bad, check out this regular seller from another site offering a rare '79 Champagne Edition II convertible on CL. Wow, since the CEIIs were a '78 creature, its rare indeed.
http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/1436753829.html Oh, he knows... -------------------- De Minimis
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Nov 13 2009, 10:29
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Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 73 Joined: 23-May 09 From: Baltimore Member No.: 4,315 Car: Enthusiast Look: Enthusiast Model: Enthusiast Engine: 1600 |
I know this seller, and I have dealt with him successfully. But that's all I will say.
(I do like the odometer reading $65,000. Makes it that much more of a bargain.  )
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Nov 13 2009, 14:38
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Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 29-November 04 Member No.: 951 Car: 1978 Super Look: Vintage Model: Convertible Engine: 1600 FI |
Yea, I'm not really into outting people, but since I explained the whole CE deal to him and he still continues to list it as a CEII, I'm rather disappointed. I don't know, perhaps he lost the needed password to edit his listing.
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Nov 18 2009, 07:59
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Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 17-February 07 Member No.: 2,501 Car: 1972 Super Look: Uncertain Model: Sedan Engine: 2.00 |
QUOTE (Oasis @ Nov 12 2009, 10:02)  I think that car is a 74. |
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Nov 18 2009, 18:21
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Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 73 Joined: 23-May 09 From: Baltimore Member No.: 4,315 Car: Enthusiast Look: Enthusiast Model: Enthusiast Engine: 1600 |
QUOTE (Bruce @ Nov 18 2009, 02:59) I think that car is a 74. Hahaha, you're right! I didn't notice the VIN, only the ad title. 
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