SOLD
Asking Price: $15,000 OBO
Location: Newark, DE
Mileage: 175,000
Title Status: Clean
VIN: 5321974
Seller’s Description: This original 1963 Karmann Ghia Coupe was purchased from original owner in mid-1970s. Used for a few years, then put in barn storage about 1980.
Body Condition: No body damage. Some minor body work over headlights and lower quarter panels.
Mechanical Condition: No engine repairs.
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I’m fairly confident OBO will win on this one.
I was thinking same thing….
eBay is full of nicer,cheaper ones even ragtops.
$15k is an asking price so high that it’s not even worth negotiating for. That buys a fairly original car or a moderately restored one, with excellent restorations and mint surviors not bringing much more than that. This car has extremely high miles, a terrible interior, doesn’t run, has had body work, appears to have some rust issues, and has been sitting in a barn since the Reagan administration. If the seller can get $5k for this on “barn find mystique” alone, they’ll have done well.
Some people think you should start high, because you can always come down. I personally have walked away from several cars over the years, that I would have been seriously interested in buying if the asking price had been in a reasonable range. Nothing wrong with starting high, but it should be on the high side of reality.
The seller definitely has high expectations. With high mileage, significant rust and an engine that doesn’t run he’ll be lucky to get $5000 for it and that’s assuming somebody is close by and they can pick it up instead of having it shipped.
Like it’s been said many times before on here, pulling it out, washing it and vacuuming the interior would probably make it look a whole lot better and may increase the value a little bit.
You a right.
That takes effort, writing a decent ad and taking good pictures is often too much work, let alone putting in some elbow grease to actually clean the car. I think everyone gives sellers/flippers too much credit.
Steve R
Nice barn.
Why yes. It is a nice barn. A lot nicer than the car!
Clean it out , dust it off, throw on some paint and you’ll have something there. Now about the car……
My ’52 Chevy sedan was in this same
dusty condition when I bought it for
$10.00 back in ’71. All Dad and I did
was air up the tires, do a quick tune up
on it so that we could drive it home, add
fresh fluids, (everything had been emptied out before the car went into
storage) made sure the E-brake worked ,
and off we went. Of course one Dad’s
friends followed us back our house in
case something serious happened on
the way there. The only real problem
we had was all the flak I took from
my Mom when we parked my car in
the driveway! Boy, was she ever pissed!
My Chevy looked great after I cleaned
it up and waxed it. Maybe this one will
too.
Now let me get this one straight: 15K for a ratty dirty Karmann Ghia? Puh-leeze! Get off your butts people and wash a damn car before you try to sell it.
I agree with Rex. Wash the darn thing and or a least back it off the trailer if its sitting on one. Darn lazy people.Bruce.
I bought a British racing green 64 from a Dr in Phoenix. Car wasn’t as bad as this. Zero rust but every piece of rubber or vinyl was dried to the hilt. Weatherstrip would crumble like powder. Then I found out Ghia parts were harder to locate and more expensive than Bug parts. But when it was all done,that car commanded attention. Miss it actually. Fun with a few engine mods.
I’m a big VW fan, but for what they truly are as a vehicle I would never pay $15K for one… regardless of type, year or condition.
Man I bet paying the farmer 👨🌾 to put this car in cost some money but the payoff may work . The flipper needs to reduce price to hardtop models though…
I think it’s 1500 and even fir this price it’s too expensive,… dreamer
I bought a convertible very nice condition for $5000 I just paint it for 2500 and sold for 12000
Sorry I tried to post the before pics.
175K miles in 5 – 6 years?
They are super rust prone especially around the headlights. It’s probably worth about a third of what he’s asking if it’s pretty solid. Highly unlikely based on the location.
Absurd.
It Literally, Really Is a Barn Find ! LOL.
One of the best “Barn Find” photos. Love the barn and the car peeking out the front. Great photo, terrible car.
Come on guys – the “barn” is only a prop to add cred to the flipper’s story!
Sorry-but his asking price is just absurd..