1968 vintage speedster For Sale in So. California $20K

Nice German Racing silver!  Sounds like great deal!  When was it built? 

Just sent you a PM

The speedster was built in 2002 and shipped to New Mexico. I purchased it with 5,000 miles on it and added I another 1500 miles here in California.

The seats, door panels and arm rests are leather. The rear seat pad is vinyl but matches perfectly.

The front trunk  and the underside of the bonnet are carpeted.

The top, side curtains, full tonneau, and quarter tonneau are all black stafast fabric and in excellent condition.

The chrome wheels and hubcaps shine like new.

The floor pan does not have any rust or damage.

If this car isn't sold already then people aren't paying attention.

Great looking car for that price.

Ted

TRP posted:

If this car isn't sold already then people aren't paying attention.

Great looking car for that price.

Ted

Someone is going to notice.  Yes, it is still available.

At 20k that car should be sold by now. 

@Kevin - Bay Area - lots of room left on this one for improvements (wide 5's...) and all the hard work is done (paint, body, motor). 

Fisher- What do you know about the engine and trans- camshaft? heads? ring & pinion?

TRP posted:

At 20k that car should be sold by now. 

@Kevin - Bay Area - lots of room left on this one for improvements (wide 5's...) and all the hard work is done (paint, body, motor). 

 

@Kevin - Bay Area

A complete new vinyl interior from Vintage Speedsters is $2,100 if the color on this isn't to your liking. You might be able to get it done at a local upholstery place for less. Or buy all new and sell the used ones.

This "Turn Key" car was assembled by Vintage Speedsters 

1776 cc engine Approx. 85 HP - from VS build sheet

3:88 Transmission (AKA Freeway Flyer) - from VS build sheet

Camshaft should be and sounds like stock for 1600 DP

Heads should be stock for a 1600 DP as well.

It also has Front Disc Brakes

I'd advertise it as a 2002 though -- not a 1968.

This is where I throw in my obligatory "where was this car when I was looking !?"

WOLFGANG posted:

I'd advertise it as a 2002 though -- not a 1968.

True. It is misleading.

I thought of changing that but I could not edit the post after 30 minutes had passed.

It was built in 2002.

It is registered as a 1968 VW in California.

Nice car, good luck. This is a great buy.

Nice ride , will sell quick!   I have the wide five's and drum skins available .......

Gentlemen, the man is posting a car for sale. You're all slipping up here. Get with the program! Somebody needs to say at least say something snide about something. At a minimum, somebody needs to make a "your price is out of line" comment.

Allow me.

It's too cheap. You're bringing the market down, Fisher. You need to be about $5K higher.

Seriously, though-- good luck with the sale. Somebody's going to get a nice car at a discount.

The speedster has been sold.

Thanks for the great comments.

For all those who said, this should be sold,  Oohrah !

Congrats.

-fisher posted:

The speedster has been sold.

Thanks for the great comments.

 

@-fisher

Did any one of our SOC lurkers buy it?

My guess is SF-Speedster or Troy. 

@TRP not me. 

Then its troy or Theron.

I'm interested in that unique green one! 

-fisher posted:

This "Turn Key" car was assembled by Vintage Speedsters 

1776 cc engine Approx. 85 HP - from VS build sheet

3:88 Transmission (AKA Freeway Flyer) - from VS build sheet

Camshaft should be and sounds like stock for 1600 DP

Heads should be stock for a 1600 DP as well.

It also has Front Disc Brakes

With the info you've provided, @-fisher, the camshaft in that engine will definitely not be stock VW. A 1776 engine making 80-85 hp will have a 280ish duration (advertised duration; an Engle W110 or something very similar) cam. You are right about the heads; they are probably stock 1600 dual port. How high did the engine rev with power? 

Yeah. 

A quick heads up on Vintage Speedster 1176-1915s: for at least some of the history, the engines were stock except for opening up the case and heads for a piston and cylinder set. Jim Ward refered (lovingly) to these engines as "Mexicrates". That's why Kads are an option-- if you don't pay for them, you get a stock one barrel carburetor. Kirk has used various engine builders over the years, and has had better success with some than others.

Perhaps this engine had a better cam, perhaps not. Vintage isn't generally building engines in this class for guys like you or me, Al. The 85 hp is apocryphal, and not meant to be taken to a dyno (unless it is one using Orange County Correction Factor).

The car was still a great deal. 

Yeah, you could be right, Stan. I tend to forget the "optimistic" copy that some companies use, and based my spiel off the "85hp" part. No way you're gonna hit that with a stock cam with 1776 (or 1915, for that matter) cc's. Thanks for the history lesson. Al

PS- Can I ask how the house is coming, or is that not a good subject at the moment? Has life settled down?

Stan Galat, '05 IM, 2276, Nowhere, USA posted:

Yeah. 

A quick heads up on Vintage Speedster 1176-1915s: for at least some of the history, the engines were stock except for opening up the case and heads for a piston and cylinder set. Jim Ward refered (lovingly) to these engines as "Mexicrates". That's why Kads are an option-- if you don't pay for them, you get a stock one barrel carburetor. Kirk has used various engine builders over the years, and has had better success with some than others.

Perhaps this engine had a better cam, perhaps not. Vintage isn't generally building engines in this class for guys like you or me, Al. The 85 hp is apocryphal, and not meant to be taken to a dyno (unless it is one using Orange County Correction Factor).

The car was still a great deal. 

hi, is the car still available?

@Carmine Pulzella - The car sold in March. Read the thread...

Beautiful car!  If I didn't pick my first Speedster up this morning (literally) and brought it home, I'd have defintely been interested...

TheMayoMachine posted:

Beautiful car!  If I didn't pick my first Speedster up this morning (literally) and brought it home, I'd have defintely been interested...

... back in March. When it was for sale. Before it sold...