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1964 Vw Beetle - Daily Driver on 2040-cars

Year:1964 Mileage:40410 Color: Tornado Red /
 Black with charcoal carpeting
Location:

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States
Advertising:
Transmission:Manual
Body Type:U/K
Engine:1600 Dual Port
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:GAS
For Sale By:Private Seller
Year: 1964
Interior Color: Black with charcoal carpeting
Make: Volkswagen
Number of Cylinders: 4
Model: Beetle - Classic
Trim: Deluxe Sedan
Drive Type: Rear
Mileage: 40,410
Exterior Color: Tornado Red
Warranty: No warranty
Condition: Used: A vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ... 

This Bug is ready to drive cross-country if you like.  Mechanically, nothing needs to be done to it unless you want to modify what's there.  Here's what I've done to it over the last year:

- new shocks front and back, including Empi for a lowered front end
- new front tires 175/60/15; rear have less than 10k miles.  Empi 5-star rims.
- new heavy duty front sway bar w/urethane bushings for link-pin lowered front end
- new stock german muffler, non-stock but deeper sounding pea-shooters
- new rear brakes, complete; does need a new master cylinder
- new shock tower body-to-frame pads, same in front where the body sits on the crossbeam
- 9 new pan-to-body bolts w/plates (PO was missing 1/2 of the 18)
- complete re-furbished GERMAN engine tin, including working t-stat and bracket, new air cooling flaps made by Awesome Powdercoat in OH.
- new Euromax carb (I know, not a german rebuild)
- Pertronix Flame Thrower SVDA w/electronic ignition
- Master Series Silver rust proofed the floor pans
- New Wolfsburgh west tar boards for the pans and padding for the interior luggage compartment/firewall
- properly set all of the interior carpeting; correct radio shut off plate
- New: wiper switch, light switch, 12-v lighter socket, left parking light socket.
- ALL Electrical works: parking lights, interior light, license plate light, horn, no shorts. 
- upgraded the wiper motor armature for a 12-volt system, so the single speed wipers WORK, and fast. Also installed the correct wiper fluid bottle for the year, but the top leaks air
- New battery (1 year old now), new alternator/chrome alternator pulley, new v-belt, spare in the trunk; new accelerator, clutch, and heater cables (spare of the 1st 2 go w/the car)
- new heat exchangers, both sides, and working heat, though slow to start.
- Scat pro-car 90 front bucket seats
- new 3-point front seat belts from Wolfsburg West.
- Original VW rear seat bottom kick panels, but from a later year Bug.
- the original front seats go with the sale
- the original back seat top is installed, but the bottom in the car is from a later year so it's too high to bolt the backrest to the sides of the car; I have the correct year bottom seat spring frame, but haven't upholstered it. All original seats go w/the car when I sell it.
- also installed original factory German window regulators for the year
- shift lock and keys

The odometer reads just over 40,000 but that is not accurate.  I accept PayPal, wire transfers or cash.  $1,000 deposit from the winning bidder w/in 24 hours of winning the bid, otherwise I reserve the right to re-post or go to the next highest bidder if the reserve has been met.  Don't ask me what the reserve is, I won't discuss it.  Also - this is a 49 year old car.  No warranty is implied or offered, it is sold as-is, and no refunds.

 

Thanks and good luck!

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