Charterhouse Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 43
A 1967 Volkswagen Beetle 1200, registration number NDV 34F, chassis number 117732801, engine number DR 1444, blue. Believed 51,500 miles from new, this restored Beetle was christened by the vendor's daughter BeBe having been in same family ownership from new, mother and daughter. Originally supplied to the mother, from a Weston-super-Mare garage was registered PYB 908F. A change to PTH 699 took place in 1976, and the change to the current registration in 1984. In 1991 BeBe accompanied the vendor's step-daughter to Edinburgh, where it remained in garage storage before returning to the family home in Torquay in 2003, where upon a photographic restoration was carried out. A brief outline of works carried out includes a re-conditioned engine by Remtech (still needs running in), new silencer and tailpipes, new clutch, new wheel bearings, a fully rebuilt braking system, rebuilt suspension, re-spray, all new rubber seals, an interior re-trim with new carpets, seat covers and headlining, new tyres, stainless steel rear bumper, new lighting, plus numerous other components which costs approx. £6,000 plus labour. There is an accompanying history file with receipts, old MOTs, SORNs and sundry paperwork. BeBe is now only for sale because she is not getting the use she deserves having only covered a couple of hundred miles since the completion of the restoration. V5C, no current MOT, tax exempt See illustration
