Unfinished kit

SAMBA has one now.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/cla...etail.php?id=1930994

Thanks Bill! I'm trying to contact him now

check your PM  Ive sent info/pix

That one was a better deal with the engine at $8500 --- he knocked $300 off after selling engine.  Guess if you are hard bent on a T4 or Subbie it isn't loss.

This one in Augusta looks like a VS by interior and rear grill -- a buy ar $15k.  Nice color and interior.

http://augusta.craigslist.org/cto/5678812079.html

The car in Augusta would be #gone if it were anywhere near the west coast. I'm actually surprised Troy hasn't purchased it by now. His garage must be full.

From looking at it: it's a Vintage. 1600 to 1915, but most likely a 1600. 4 lug wheels. Not a bad price for a running/driving speedster these days.

I'm not sure it's a VS. If you look at this photo:

If you look at the left side heater vent it doesn't appear to be a "ledge" along the area where your left foot rests. Unless it because of the black carpet and the lack of detail the it isn't noticeable. I'm no expert so I could easily be wrong.

When viewed on Craigslist the photo is much bigger.

Funny... no center windshield mirror post$

pretty sure it's not a VS. The door-tops are round like a real speedster or Beck or IM and the dash goes all the way to the door on both sides, both items Kirk doesn't do.

That said, the interior door panels do look like current VS and may have been purchased there.

Yeah just noticed that - as small as that seems it does give needed support to windshield.

When you add up difference between it and the $8k one - it is better buy.  Nice interior $3k, engine $2k, nice paint $2k, chrome wheels, running (priceless)!

There's this one on SAMBA for $18.5k too that has many options. Again with VS interior.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/cla...etail.php?id=1945829

That red one looks nice too. The wheels look great.

It's probably not a Vintage.   Besides all the other clues, look at the tonneau cover snaps.   There are far fewer. 

It looks like the center post is there, but has come out from the top of the windshield frame. 

Nothing to do with Vintage,  but it also has a salvage title. 

Door panels look JPSish

crhemi (Bill) posted:

Door panels look JPSish

 

Yes they are the JPS style, but Vintage is also selling them now.   In fact,  I think Kirk has gone to that style exclusively now. 

They do look much better!

NOT MINE. Unfinished one on ebay $7500 buy it now in Raleigh NC

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replic...mp;item=182205285528

WOLFGANG posted:

NOT MINE. Unfinished one on ebay $7500 buy it now in Raleigh NC

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replic...mp;item=182205285528

 

I know this seller actually. Reputable shop too.

Never going to see $7500 and it will cost w/o labor another $7000 to make it safe and have some eye appeal..Option 2 is to wait for the fuel filter that is hanging over the coil to light things up and collect the insurance

I have been fighting our DMV for over 2 months trying to get a title for my 2003 IM. Jumping through all the hoops they present. Two days ago they sent the entire package of forms - including all 8 forms requested filled notarized, Sheriff inspected vin,  along with the legal water marked Florida title, and St. of Origin (signed and notarized by Henry - $60+ overnight mail), ... and now they said I had to prove it's value and have it inspected as if it were a rebuilt car.... So the employee simply put it all in an envelope and sent it back to me. 

Fumming mad;  I am!
What I am saying here is , what hell would someone have to go through  with a salvaged tile  one of these?

Our buddy Meade did give me the name of a helpful person at the DMV here in Ga. So waiting to here back from him - (2 days so far). I don't like to proceed from an angry platform, so probably best to give it a few days to settle down anyway...

Sorry guys. I did not mean to sit here an gripe. Just meant to draw attention to the Salvage Title.

Maybe Alan's tongue-in-cheek suggestion is a rational solution to your insolvable DMV problem?

Where's the fuel filter located...and what shape are the gas line in? 

I have dealt with the DMV/RMV in four different states.  Only once in the past fifty years have I gotten someone the first time at the window who actually knew what I and they needed to do for my transaction.  Some of these were very out of the ordinary - like the first Dune Buggy in Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1968 when nobody knew what the hell they were - so I have to cut them some slack, but I ALWAYS had to ask around a lot and find the name of that one person everyone recommended that I work with to get things done.  Sometimes, that meant finding someone in the DMV offices at the state capital (Rhode Island and Vermont) that could make things happen, and sometimes it meant just going to a different semi-local office where someone worked who had experience with what I wanted.  Regardless, it always took a bit of legwork til I found that one person who could help.

Keep digging......Get on the Factory five forums and ask the Georgia Cobra guys how THEY did it......

gn

Thanks Gordon. Great advice!

I don't know if these guys would be any help.  But they do sell replicas, mostly VS.

Most dealerships have a DMV specialist. Maybe worth a visit???

http://www.southatlantamotorsports.com/

Art, my man.
Another good suggestion guys. THANKS

In my many DMV experiences...go to a different DMV as if you never went to another...start with a smile and say..I was wondering if you can help me out ? Then give as little info as you can...nod and smile.

As a last resort (maybe it's an action that should have been taken at the first inkling of a problem):

The people occupying the plush carpeted offices at your DMV (the ones who never have to justify their long lunches!) are political animals. 

A letter to your elected state representative detailing your frustrating experience is guaranteed to get results.  Because a phone call from one political animal (who wants to keep their constituents happy) to another, but lessor (and appointed) political animal will cut through all the BS and produce a resolution!.....After all, isn't that the way bureaucracies at all levels actually function?

hmmmm......Seems to be prevalent in some computer companies I've been at, too.  Worked at one place that had "Oriental Rug Envy" !!!!!!!!!!!

Personally, I thought wearing an oriental-stle rug made your head look fat.

Another $15000 one needing some work not too far from you.  Geeze upside down pictures!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/cla...etail.php?id=1949530