Okrasa (?) Powered Devin on BaT

I try not to look a lot on BAT, it just sucks my life away     More seriously, I often think of buying something .. .but not from that platform, and when I do I realize the cost of restoration is the same on whatever car, but if you pick a 61 VW, the most you can go with it is 60mph flat out with a 36hp, and every car needs the same restoration project.  I think of @Marty Grzynkowicz   and his project and after it is all done whether he will miss the fibreglass experience, with no rust.  

Only $7200 with a day to go!  I'd be truly afraid of hitting a bump at speed and falling out the bottom though.  That underside sure looks crusty. Windshield seems to fit and be functional - but have never seen another one with a frame around the windshield - they all seem to no windshield or plexiglass.

Cool picture of Devin factory way back:

If we are putting bets on final price , my guess is $16k  ,

it’s a neat  driving car , with most of the work done , but so far does not seem to have gotten any traction on the auction ,

I wonder......   If you were to pull in to a gas station with that pretty little Devin would the guy at the next pump ask:

"Hey!  Is that one-a them Kit Cars?"  

If it made out of glass you will always get that question.

While you cannot guarantee no rust on a metal car, we did go to great lengths to ensure it probably will not rust fast. Electrostatic coating dip and a lot of seam sealing.  Especially driving in mostly good weather 2500 miles a year. Stored in climate controlled garage, I probably won’t see the rust bug for maybe maybe 20 years if it all.  No guarantees in life though. 👁

Death and taxes

@imperial posted:

If we are putting bets on final price , my guess is $16k  ,

it’s a neat  driving car , with most of the work done , but so far does not seem to have gotten any traction on the auction ,

In my experience, that’s pretty typical of BaT. They generally heat up on the last day, the last hours, or even the last few minutes of the auction. I would guess ~$15 is where it will either sell, or not. Although pretty much the same body, the VW pan-based Devins are much less loved than the ladder framed front engined versions, with everything from BMC 950’s to V8s up front.

This is pretty typical of the last hour of BaT auctions IME.

A 1969 911S went from $130K to $175K in the last hour yesterday.

@WOLFGANG posted:

Only $7200 with a day to go!  I'd be truly afraid of hitting a bump at speed and falling out the bottom though.  That underside sure looks crusty. Windshield seems to fit and be functional - but have never seen another one with a frame around the windshield - they all seem to no windshield or plexiglass.

Cool picture of Devin factory way back:

It's a Ghia windshield.

Yeah most Devins had a small plexiglass screen.

I imagine someone wanted a little more protection. And fwiw, I think it looks better than the larger screen that Devin themselves used.
^^That’s a “C” The Corvair-based model. ^^

Almost as pretty as a Spyder.

$21,600 was the winning bid  , I was way low !

I feel like that's not a bad deal?

Minor work to make it right. A new 2-liter Type 1 and Rancho if you want so grunt. Total driver that is also legit old and rare.

You'll never see yourself coming the other way.