Worth the $2000?

Post subject: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 02:37 AM

Hello Im new to the site and am looking to purchase a Baja Bug for the dunes....nothing too extreme, just something I can zip the family around in while we are visiting the dunes. I came across this bug today for sale with a price tag of $2000. Do you guys feel the value is there? Thanks!

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:04 AM

id say offer him 1500.oo cash.

what kind of motor?

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:33 AM

I'll lay it out for you.

It's a Sedan with the roof cut off and home depot support beams.
God only knows how well he put that engine in there.
...

I donno, that right there would cause me to turn around and start running the other way.

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:34 AM

Not sure....I have to give him a call to find out the details. Im brand new to VWs so I wouldnt know one motor from the next with these cars, lol. Looking at it I know I would have to move the gas tank from where the back seat used to be to the front and reinstall rear seats, relocate the radiator and possibly refab the roll cage to fit the rear passengers. After that it will be a learn as I go project. Do you think it would take much work to get it dune ready?

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:37 AM

eww.

dune ready?

like full on dune ready?

Read up on some projects, and builds.
get to know a VW, from the beam to the motor.
study it.

First, its not a VW motor, VW's are air cooled, no raditor.
That ones either a subby,pinto 2.3,corvair motor, or who the hell else knows.

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:37 AM

Its a subaru motor, looks like its worth abour $1000 to me tops. Kinda rough,

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:37 AM

ID LOOK ELSEWHERE..LOOKS LIKE A MONEY PIT TO ME!!

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:38 AM

wait a minute.

why does that look like a VW motor?

But its got a raditor?

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:40 AM

jamesr6168 wrote:

ID LOOK ELSEWHERE..LOOKS LIKE A MONEY PIT TO ME!!

HAHA!

I like you! Laughing

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:40 AM

yeah.

pass on it.

Unless he takes like 900$$

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:41 AM

joxracing wrote:

wait a minute.

why does that look like a VW motor?

But its got a raditor?

Don't ask, just run.

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 03:49 AM

BugZyla.com wrote:

Its a subaru motor. Kinda rough,

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 04:11 AM

I agree- pass. Too many things done that you don't know about. If you start with a nice, simple, un-bastardized bug/baja, you can learn about it as you go. OR, buy one that has been done RIGHT.

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 04:16 AM

Yeah thats what I was thinking......I would like to keep the cost down, otherwise I would just go with a rhino.

$2000 seems very steep for what it is.

Post subject: Re: Worth the $2000? Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 04:18 AM

Make no mistake- if you want a seriously dune-ready baja, you may end up spending quite a bit o' cash. It all depends on what your idea of 'dune-ready' really is.