Even if the project does not pan out you'll have saved it for the next guy. I was prepared to take on my mom's twin's '72 Super Beetle for the same reason. 

Stephen

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> On Oct 7, 2016, at 3:18 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
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> Friday Beetle question.
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>        Not far from me sits a 67 Beetle at a private garage.  It is a basic hard top and well used and some rust.  It had a original owner that used it up to about 100,000 miles then parked it in a barn.  for a few years it has sat under a tarp in the garage yard. 
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> I think it is original in all ways no special steering wheel, original shifter and wheels and all that stuff.  It was running when parked. 
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>        I’m telling myself to not go look at it but a friend asked if he would sell it and he said originally he was going to fix it for his daughter but she doesn’t seem interested. 
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> Any thoughts on what to look out for if I was crazy enough to take 
> Basically a well used 67 bug in original condition with about 100k, and some body rust but probably reasonably solid.  I’m sure everything well worn.
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> What is it worth?  What kind of offer would I be expected to make?
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> What are goods and bad about the 67 bug?
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> If I took it on it would be a long term slow retirement project.
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> Eric Caron 
> Not in need of another project and really just a bus guy.