1966 Beetle 59,000 Original Miles, Rust Free Survivor on 2040-cars

Year:1966 Mileage:59500 Color: Car had exterior re

Location:

Milford, Connecticut, United States

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66 sedan. True survivor from Northeast with 59,000 miles. I purchased the car two years ago from MA, the prior owner said she bought it from an elderly man, and that the car spent most of its life garaged in New York. All of the metal on this car is original, and hasn’t been repaired or replaced. This means fenders, doors, floors, rockers, trim, bumpers… I hope you get the picture!! Please don’t ask me about rust. I’m telling you this car is 100% rock solid, which means 100% rock solid. It has’t been patched, or welded, like most Beetles of this age. It’s never been hit, never welded, never rusted. Hood is as straight as when it left the factory. Perfect floors, heater channels, etc. No holes drilled anywhere, nothing cut.

Exterior:

Car had exterior re-spray many years ago in original sea blue. Looks like laquer, and is driver quality. It is presentable as a driver, and will buff up fairly well. It is not a show car. Just the outside was painted, everywhere else is original paint. The interior paint is OG and beautiful. Since I’ve owned the car, I’ve pulled the fenders, glass, and bumpers then wet-sanded and buffed the paint, touched up some areas where the OG seam sealer was lifting, and re-assembled with new window rubber. The OG sea blue fender bead is still on the car. All OG hardware is intact, no broken/missing bolts.

Interior:

Interior has new square weave floor covering, but still retains original luggage area carpet, seat upholstery, door panels and headliner. Trunk area looks as nice as any survivor you’ll find. Perfect unmolested wiring , wiring cover, and OG spare.

Mechanicals:

OG 1300 made 3 hour trip from cape cod when I bought it, ran perfect. Had small knock at low rpm, turned out to be worn cam bearing thrust surface. I disassembled, cleaned, installed new cam bearings, re-sealed, re-assembled it. OG trans in exc shape, and has fresh fluid. Still 6 volts, new battery. Everything works, even the AM radio.

Only mods are a dropped disc brake kit with bus master cyl, OE style 15x5.5 rear rims, custom offset 15x4 fronts. The 4 OG date stamped rims in great shape and go with car. Two have kumho 165/15 radials mounted on them.

There are hundreds of 60’s vintage bugs with new paint, running everyday 1600’s, with inexpensive replacement parts for similar $ out there, and 99% of them have had rust repair at some point. If you’re a purist, and want one that’s unmolested, rust-free, that you can drive and enjoy as-is, this is it. There are not many left like this out there anymore.

Reserve is $7500. I may lower it if it gets close. The OG rims, front spindles/brakes will not be re-installed but all go with car. I have period correct accessories available at extra if interested: OG roof rack ($300), rare decklid rack ($300), 66 vert decklid ($350), NOS Indy shifter with OG box ($150) Also have complete “old school” 2058 cc T1. 80mm Okrasa crank, H-beam rods, 2” Chevy journals, Mahle 90.5B pistons. Weber 40 DCNF’s with Deano intakes and vintage berg linkage, NOS bosch 019 screamer. Thanks for looking

On Aug-04-14 at 18:23:13 PDT, seller added the following information:

Chrome and trim is all original. Bumpers are straight, some of the bumper guard shave minor dings, but blades and over-riders are very nice and straight. Front overider bow has minor pitting, everything else is a little hazy, but presentable. They're 48 year old bumpers, so they will not look brand new.

Headliner is original, nice and tight, only condition issues are a few (5 or 6) holes the size of a quarter near the ends of the bows from looks to be a mouse. Was going to replace it when the glass was out, but that would lead to replacing everything and would (in my opinion) take away from the originality of the car. Your call as to how you'd handle it.

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