Normally, I don’t give aircooled Bugs much of a look given the wide variety available at any point in time, but this 1970 Beetle convertible seemed worthy of a post. You see, it’s a bit of a survivor, which is hard to find anymore with so many Bugs either getting over-restored or going straight to the rat rod look. This example here on eBay comes with extensive documentation from new, including a stamped maintenance booklet and 88,523 documented miles.

The interior is just the right kind of well-worn, with seats showing their age and the floor coverings looking less than sharp, but the original radio remains in the dash and factory stickers still affixed in the door jambs. The dash looks good as-is, and the old-school Colorado license plates likely mean this Beetle has lived in a hospitable mountain climate most of its life. Thankfully, it’s not an autostick and is the preferred, conventional manual transmission.

The seats could definitely use re-covering, a deviation from original I’d feel fine with. It also likely means the long-term family owners enjoyed plenty of time with the top down, as they should. The listing calls it a two-owner car in single-family ownership, so I’m guessing it was passed down from one generation to the next. Paint depth looks nice and even from the outside panels to the door jambs, and is a nice change of pace from the usual whites and silvers.

The seller is asking a reasonable $5,200 for the Beetle, which seems like a very fair price to me if the Bug is as honest in person as it appears in pictures. No details are provided on the health of the drivetrain, but the engine at least appears to have had some recent attention with what looks like a new cap and plugs installed. These convertible Beetles live in a weird spot where time capsules command big money and examples like these far less, but this a car you can actually use.