have a 74 super beetle that i cant find a web site for ...prime condition...any beetle lovers out there???? any help would greatly be appreciated....stuck in the past.....thanks
2007-05-16 13:40:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Volkswagen
NADA and KBB won't tell you jack about your car. your car is 33 years old.
it is what it is
and that is a 74 superbeetle, or what is referred to by vw'ers as a 'fat chick' because it is a little bigger than a standard beetle.
lots of things will impact its value.
is it stock? custom? german, or cal-look?
does it run? is it rusty? does it stop?
take some digital pix, join www.thesamba.com and post the pics there. whoever said 5k and up is pretty optomistic, i'm afraid, in most cases. if you have one in pristine condition, maybe so. if it's like mine, a couple or a few thousand is reasonable.
bottom line, it's worth what you can sell it for, be it 100 bucks, or a hundred thousand bucks.
good luck!
2007-05-16 14:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by michael_oxgood 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK.. the real question is not what it is worth but what other people are willing to pay for it - right?
Forget the Blue Book.. it will tell you that you have a 30+ year old car and price it accordingly.
My 2 bits: Go to eBay and do a search for VW and/or volkswagon and include Bug and or beetle.
After you get some results ignore them and go to advanced search. Tweek the search to make sure you are getting the right items or excluding others, and then set your search level at $1,000 or higher - that will cull out the junk, the parts, and the toys. Select the US or not in the US (you didn't say where you are) and hit search.,
Look for ones that are similiar to yours.. go back and filter in the year or super beetle if you wish.
after you are done go back to search and look at COMPLETED auctions. That is what people actually paid for the cars.
Finally, keep in mind that those prices were paid for the car WHERE IT WAS.. factor in transportation costs and you will have a good idea of what people are willing to pay.
good luck...
2007-05-18 08:49:20 · answer #2 · answered by ca_surveyor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It greatly depends on the condition. You have a Super Beetle, which generally go for less. This is because when people chopped up and/or customized them, they went more towards the standard Beetles. A stock 1974 Super Beetle in good condition would probably get you about $4K. If it has any rust anywhere, it lowers the value. Look specifically in the undercarriage, wheelwells (fenders), running boards, the area above and beside the running boards, the battery compartment, and the leg area, specifically around the pedals. These are all common places for rust in them. If it is free of rust, you will sell it quick no matter what its condition, and you will probably get top dollar. Also look at the originality of it. A Volkswagen with all original parts goes for a hell of a lot more than a Volkswagen that had parts replaced. In this case, you will attract a lot of collectors that will restore it for show. If your car needs work, has rust, etc, expect at minimum a grand if it runs, 2 grand if it isn't bad. If it's restored, you can pull about 10 grand, maybe up to 12. If it has low mileage, you can probably get 14 for it since a collector will want it. Hope that helped
2016-05-20 15:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by millicent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great place to begin your pricing or to sell your car, is the Kelley Blue Book site, www.kbb.com. It offers used car values on more than 10,000 models of cars.
You can see what cars like yours are selling for, or you can list your car for sale. For the low posting price your ad will appear in classifieds on both kbb.com and Cars.com, plus over 175 other popular sites.
You can see a 1974 superbeetle selling for $12,000! at the Kelley Blue Book site www.kbb.com.
The link for that specific ad is http://cars.kbb.com/go/search/search_results.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&searchType=25&cid=&dlid=&dgid=&amid=&cname=&zc=55416&makeid=48&modelid=1307&pageNumber=0&numResultsPerPage=250&largeNumResultsPerPage=0&sortorder=descending&sortfield=PRICE+descending&certifiedOnly=false&criteria=K-super+beetle%7CE-ALL%7CM-_48_%7CH-%7CD-_1307_%7CN-N%7CR-10000%7CI-1%2C5%7CP-PRICE+descending%7CQ-descending%7CY-_1974_%7CX-antique%7CZ-55416&aff=carskbb&aff=carskbb
Nearly one of every three people who buy a new or used car in the United States visits the kbb.com. Apparently more car-buyers use kbb.com than any other three sites combined, according to J.D. Power and Associates' AutoShopper.com studies!
Good luck finding a value, a buyer, or both, whichever you want.
Best regards,
Shu
2007-05-16 15:12:46 · answer #4 · answered by shula 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kelly blue book
2007-05-18 07:01:53 · answer #5 · answered by lh2177 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your looking at 5k and up. try car.com
2007-05-16 13:55:24 · answer #6 · answered by themeatloaf 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nada.com
2007-05-16 13:43:42 · answer #7 · answered by malemute1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
www.thesamba.com
2007-05-16 13:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by hemitheus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
TRY KBB.COM
2007-05-16 14:21:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋