Herbie genuine barn find

[HelenZ4]

Mate has just inherited a VW bug Herbie, literally opened up the garage to find this.

Any ideas of age and whether it's worth restoring or simply sending on as it is? Sorry keep spinning the image but it comes up this way every time; must be an Australian import

Reg plate suggests early 60's and must be worth a bit on its own? Needs to go to right home.....

[srhutch]

If it were me I would look into getting it back on the road.

[inkey$]

Try this...

[StevenH72]

That's pretty cool. Worth signing up to a 'bug' forum. I'm sure they'll be able to offer much better help than we can

[bluespit]

Think I know a little about these things as a classic car enthusiast and restorer for over 20 years

Very briefly

A professional restoration is likely to cost in excess of £8000, subsequently the car may be worth anything between £6-12000, depending on the quality of the work

As a project it may be worth anything between £200 and £2000 depending on condition and what paperwork you have.

Legally you can only get the plate off the car after it's restored, there are illegal ways to get the plate off that dealers or traders may employ. Either way removing the number will devalue the car anything between 10 and 30%

Best bet would be the vw community though but be careful of the unscrupulous scammers. They exist everywhere and the classic car world is not exempt.

Cheers

[HelenZ4]

Thanks Inkeys

Appreciate the feedback. It's coming down to Middle England next week for further analysis.......

Cheers all.

[Mowflow]

I found one in a derelict garage near my house. It's an old woman that lives in the house and it seems she is house bound and her kids don't care much about the property as it's all over grown. I only noticed the car when the garage door fell off. The roof of the garage is part caved in as well. I could see a bright yellow wing sticking out and immediately got excited thinking PORSCHE Was a little gutted when i poked my nose under the door.

Anyway, after a bit of digging on the internet i decided it wasn't worth the hassle. In that state they don't fetch much and the cost to restore didn't balance up to the potential profit for me.

The plate is probably worth as much as the car TBH. My dad buys, sells and sometimes restores old British motorbikes. If a bike isn't worth building or is incomplete he often sells the plate which is possible as long as you have the log book.

[ronk]

I thought the plate could only be transferred from a roadworthy vehicle?
It might be worth checking before you buy the car on the value of the plate alone.

[-Tom-]

I thought the plate could only be transferred from a roadworthy vehicle?
It might be worth checking before you buy the car on the value of the plate alone.

This. Has to have an MOT or as an exception have been taxed / MOT within the year. It is loosely that, I know because I was going to bin my Daily but I didn't want to lose my plate and it had been off the road for a while.

Equally ... Friend has a defender chassis with an amazing reg - he can't get it off