Classic Vw Bug Buyers Guide — What To Know Before You Buy

All right, I thought we'd just make a video on this subject I noticed another channel made one and I really want to kind of give you guys valid and good information on Buying a Volkswagen. There's a lot of things that have changed over the time over the last 10 years and even 15 years and Now there's things that I think are acceptable that before we used to just not buy the car for instance people used to pull out the spare tire and it would look and see some damage or something that Could be fixed, you know, or that was fixed poorly in here and they would just say not not buying it but in today's world If you can find without that damage, you might be lucky enough to own that car and there might be other issues as well But it's gonna be very rare that you're gonna find with no damage anywhere. That doesn't have any rust Especially when you're talking about old window cars, it's just completely impossible guys So we're gonna kind of divide this up into early and late Volkswagens and this can change on things like Carmen Ghia's Early Carmen Ghia's are really rare and really expensive. This is not an early car. This is 68 early would be 59 and older Bugs you might say started over windows. I really think the earliest early cars are fit early 55 because 55 was a split year and They had early 55 in the late 55 and they're different cars completely but When you're talking about an early 55 or earlier that what I would consider an early car even the regular 56 57 Ovals 50 late 55 Ovals are The parts are a little more easier to find there's more of them available They made a lot more of the cars. So I consider those a little bit Looser when it comes to things to look for So normally there's a plate VIN plate right here and there's one on the pan located in this area generally and If it's a collector looking to buy the car They're gonna be looking at to make sure that those two match Now if you're buying the car to be a collector, this is really not the video for you Because I'm not into car collecting Even though I have this this one this one I haven't had one of these this one here looks kind of like it's not been driven But it has this one and some others that one's not mine, but and this one as well but I Believe a hundred percent in building a car to drive it I do not collect and have cars sitting there You know if I was into collecting guitars and I played guitar I don't But if I owned one of Stevie Ray Vaughn's guitars, I would play that sucker Because honestly, what's the point of owning it if it doesn't get used and played or whatever? The same thing with car collectors They will just be looking for stuff that they will buy that they know is gonna appreciate in value and they don't care about The car really so if you're like me and you want to buy a car to drive You know, it's gonna be nice if it has numbers matching but if it does not have that plate there and You like the car and it's good To me that's like fine. It's up to you if you want to own it and drive it and it looks like it's in good shape Then do it. It's not a big deal, you know But to a collector you remember So a collector if you're gonna sell it later to a collector if your whole Idea is to own the car for a little while and sell it really Like I said, this isn't really a video for you This is for guys that want to own a car and keep it and drive it You know for several years and are not looking to flip it and make money because I am never into that. I Restore them eventually. I might sell them but I am NOT one of those people that just hoard stuff and doesn't use it So if you can relate to that keep listening So another thing that we would always look at is we look at the condition of the heater channels Which is this area here all the way up to there all the way back to here And if a car back in the old days had a bad heater channel, we would not buy it today You better just expect that you're gonna have to fix some of this stuff Because almost any year car is worth saving at this point And if it's got heater channel issues price that in remember It's not gonna be a cheap repair or it might be something you can do yourself if you're handy I would highly suggest learning how to weld if you're gonna own one of these cars and Doing a lot of the work yourself if you take it to shops. The shops are diminishing over time We're finding less and less people that can actually repair these cars the best way is to watch these videos learn how to fix it yourself and learn how to do this stuff on your own because Really you're gonna be invested a lot of money if you take it into a shop Like for instance, if you took if you bought a bug that was in pretty bad condition You'd be looking at probably Thirty to fifty thousand dollars to have a restoration shop fix it. So that is a big number so if you're not willing to learn this stuff and You're not willing to spend a ton of money then you might want to steer clear from an old Volkswagen But in all honesty, these cars are really not that hard to work on. There's a lot to learn There's a lot of details to know but you can do it yourself If you just want to spend the time and tinker and it's actually pretty fun So when it comes to early cars is really important that all the parts are their original If that's what you're looking for If you want to like a cow style bug, then you can look for them and I'm my opinion. They're not worth as much It just depends on what you want if you want a car that's gonna appreciate in value It should be should have a lot of original parts on it And all these early 50s they can be priced really high and then not have all the correct parts on them and that can actually Make them because those parts are so expensive and hard to find it can make them Depreciate in value quite a bit and you should consider these things if you're looking at an early car and You're you're paying a good size number for it One of the things that it should have on the early cars is an H apron If you see this has a little H pattern on it on Any car if actually back up to about I don't know exactly the year I think it's in the late 50s late 50s early 60s. I'm actually 61 or 2 62 I think is when they stop this. I'm not sure but It if it's an earlier car, you can look this stuff up in the Samba It should have an H apron and a lot of times they've been replaced and they are pretty expensive to buy for instance on this 54 it has something called a big spring decklid Spring is very large and It goes right here and it has a big spring decklid Those decklids are harder to find than a regular W decklid. It has a different mount See how that one looks like that This year at 50 early 55 and 54 and earlier have something called semaphores the semaphores You know it should those are very expensive to buy they're missing I want to keep that in the price Now you're gonna have to expect that there's gonna have been some rust in this area These might even been replaced There might have been some rust here Some of this stuff back in here really common areas for rust on the oval window There's probably some repair underneath the oval almost all the cars have issues with that Because when water sat on here with the bad seal it would leak in plus all these vents the larger events for some reason they Like to rust back there. Maybe they didn't get protected properly from the factory What I'm always looking for on an early car is how complete it is with the correct parts Not as much the condition the condition can be repaired so like if there's rust hole here, it's very common to see in our early oval window and You can buy that section and replace it versus If it doesn't have the correct hood, which this one's called four tab But there's a different four tab hoods There's a four tab hood on the early car that has five hood holes There's one two three four five and you notice the brackets really long on this one on the later model ovals They only had four holes in the hood so it's because the location of The support right here is further forward for the different it has a different So like if this hood supports missing That's a really hard piece to find On the later on the earlier ones. They're a little more common They may you could even use a later model one I don't know if there is a difference, but they might even be available aftermarket as well But on those early cars those hoods you cannot buy you can't buy them new They may be somebody's making them now, maybe BBT started making them because they're just missing on a lot of cars and Really hard to find our super rusty But they are not cheap So if you're looking for an early oval window, you really want to go on the Samba do some reading Find out what the correct parts are Like the other thing is if you notice the fenders have more of a round shape to them than the later models The early cars have a different fender and they're only there are available new now BBT has started making these which is nice if it doesn't have the correct bump here and The way the fender goes down and flat Like these do that kind of really have an extra roundness to them Versus like these kind of go out a little bit But these are actually original fenders as well In the back of this car these have the little bumps in them, which is a plus It's not you're not gonna find these very often that are on the car that are original the rear fenders So you might want to you know? That's the shape is the same other than just those little bumps in there So that may not be a much of a deal-breaker because it doesn't change the look of the car For instance, these are 57 or 56 five six and seven seats and if you notice They have that little thing there. It's more of a square back and it has this shape to the front how it kind of goes out The original 50 early 55 and earlier and some of the other ones even Zwitter and so I've got are even different They have see how this is just straight So those are all things you want to kind of look at and it has these bracket here It doesn't have these things here delete models So those are all things that you should be looking at on the car and should know about before you buy one It's one of the reasons I didn't really ever want to buy a early oval especially early oval I'd almost rather buy a split window car because You pay a lot of those parts are interchangeable changeable split windows and you pay big money for a car That's not worth as much as a split window So you end up buying a lot of parts unless all the parts were there on this car Pretty much most of the parts were there. So that's why I went with it Things like the taillights or the egg taillights on this one, which is American spec the heart taillights were on the euro cars the odd thing about this car is I haven't pulled the birth certificate and I believe it has American spec bumpers, which was an option in early 50 or in mid 54 and the bumpers to find the original bumpers would be completely Impossible to find because the there's a few around but they look really crude the bins and everything are kind of crude on the overriders So the bins on here would be really crude and here almost almost like a hodgepodge of homemade bumper and apparently that's the original ones that came on those if it had American spec bumpers on it, which American spec was not required until I Think it was mid 55. So but they were available on the earlier cars if you special ordered it From what I've read it's called RAM protection bumpers So I'll find out when I get the birth certificate on that and see later because I'm gonna try and make it as original as possible Not because of any other reason other I just like to have stuff like that. I think it's cool So on if you're buying up to 66 or whatever late models You know, you might be able to I'm not really sure, you know when it gets past 66 to me They're kind of they're great to have any cars good but you know, there's You know pricing is a lot cheaper for a later car so you might you know, just kind of figure out some use some of this stuff as kind of a reference and then go from there, but You know if it's been repaired in here But it's done nice To me that's okay. That should be expected if it's had quarter panels replaced or these fender wells replaced It's really to be expected as long as it looks Decent and all the seams are under the carpet or whatever Then that's fine If it's got filler on it, that's to be expected While people think oh what just totally ruins it it's got filler No, if it's got filler and you can tell that it's just obviously not done, right? It's looks like it's that thick then. Yeah, that shouldn't be there figure. You're gonna have to strip that off If the car has repairs in this area again, that should be expected If it doesn't that's a plus that's nice, but it doesn't it's not a deal killer to me Again if the car needs heater channels, you got to price that in, you know, it's gonna cost a few bucks The best heater channels out there are classic fab. They look the most like the original ones. There's nice solid steel today in this market unless I had a late late model car like a 70s car I would probably get the Classic fab heater channels there, you know a little more money. They're gonna cost you about $100 a piece more it cost you about two 250 three hundred dollars more or whatever and worth the money because that's the structure of the car and it's really They're really well made compared to the others. I know there's a new guy in Colombia. He might be making them, too so if his pricing is not bad, then He's making some pretty nice stuff as well. He was making some really nice aprons Those are you know, it depends on you on that if you want to go cheaper go more expensive on the apron That's up to you Front aprons. I think they look pretty much the same. I don't recall there being a big difference in Ones that are cheap and the ones that are more expensive just the steel is a little better on the other ones For instance like the classic fab has like a really stiff steel some things you don't want stiff steel like that some things You do if it's heater channel support piece, it's really nice to have a nice stiff one but some of the other parts I find much more difficult to shape and You know, so you kind of get good at figuring that stuff out Later, you want to inspect underneath the backseat make sure there's no rust holes there I'm not saying don't buy the car because it has some rust. You just got a price that into Look underneath here Especially if this thing is rusted out here in really bad shape that's kind of a difficult repair and you're going to kind of want to look and see if It's rusted and if it is then it's not a deal killer. Nothing is a deal killer It's just you got to figure out how much all those parts are going to cost how much time you think it's going to take to put it in if you're going to do it yourself or What it's going to cost to have somebody do it and it's not going to be cheap if you have these type of things here rusted out Another common area for rust is going to be these here And it's not too expensive a repair. It's not too hard to do But it does take some time. So keep it in mind if this is rusted out, you might have to replace it Things like the bolts being broke off in here. Honestly, that should not at all be a deal killer you should be able to just put some weld on there and Heat them up with a torch and get them out broken off fender bolts kind of common These things being rusted out. It's like I Don't know. It's so random. Sometimes they're just bad and that shouldn't be a deal killer But you know, remember it is going to take some work to fix this piece here Often is rusted out and has repairs that need to be done So what you want to know is the main things are is Does it have the correct body and pan parts so we will say oh If the VIN plates missing deal killer, no, I don't think so, especially if you're gonna just be driving it, but if that plates missing it's kind of common because people got an accident in the front replace the front front end of the car and And put long as they put the correct front end on it so if you see how this one's shaped here and Then you see how they're shaped in The 61 and later it has a different front end So if it has the incorrect front end for the car, it's kind of a problem to me if it has unmatching parts on it, that's a good car for Customizing or whatever and if you're gonna do that if you're gonna planning on customizing your car if you find one like that and you get it cheap enough, it's Probably the car to do that, too Like for instance if you found an oval window and it had a late model pan in it With IRS suspension and you were gonna customize it lower it and all that stuff That would really be the car to do that too because you're not going for original value. You're going for just hey, that's what I want Again you should be able to get that car a bit quite a bit cheaper than if you did one That's all original and I certainly wouldn't want to see you take an original one and cut it up and put an IRS in it Because that would pretty much devalue the car. So when it comes to Volkswagen's Your earlier ones with the small taillights snowflake taillights or even smaller The taillights will tell you that the cars worth more money When you start to get to an earlier car these get harder and harder to find they get there more and more rusty and if it's in good condition as far as all the rust goes that I showed you and It has all the parts on it that belong on it That's in it's the price is right then again. Those cars are the most fun to own because they really Yeah, you know they just to me they just look more desirable they have that old car look And again, there's nothing like the oval dash when it's all there and nice in good shape So you want to check out things like this if you're buying a car that's already done You want to make sure that you know, it has a lot of the original things in it It you know like this one here has the incorrect steering wheel It should have a steering wheel with a ring that goes around but personally I like this wrap that's on here And I don't really want to change it to the original one because I like it you know the story of this car is it was a 60 and it was just driven and It looked like they had gotten in a wreck in the front wreck in the rear and they took a bunch of parts off a 65 car and Used those to save it. So that was kind of cool, you know things like this is an original paint dash To me that kind of makes it kind of neat. It depends on what you're looking at if you want to have the car original Then then, you know, do you look at the originality of it and in that you factor in your pricing? but don't expect that you got a patina car that it's not gonna have rust issues that have been repaired a lot of the guys are fixing the rust and then they Photina The rusted areas to make a match the rest of car, which is perfectly fine. There's nothing wrong with doing that they want to keep it original looking and they you know, keep that it's called a Preservation process versus restoration. So if you're looking for a preserved car expect that it's going to have some rust that's been repaired Like this car's had heater channels done, but I kept the Original paint on the dash I just painted it and blended it up I don't know if you can even see that you might be able to I Blended it up the door and but I wanted that original paint on the dash because it was just so cool That it was in such good shape that I just wanted to keep it there Even though it's got this stuff, you know, I just like it and on the doors There's still original paint and they were in pretty good shape the bottom section on this Was really rusted and I just wanted to protect it. So I shot some some Single-stage urethane on it and then blended it a little bit. Those are the types of things you're looking at on your preservation car So this is kind of a preservation Restoration kind of I had to do a full paint job on it And I didn't do a really really full full custom everything fixed paint job I just spruced it up enough to keep it, you know Having the original feel so I'm just saying that those are the things you're going to be looking at different cars You're gonna try and figure out what was done to it, but you got to be able to accept that This stuff is not gonna be all original and just the way it was exactly because it's gonna have repairs There's no way you're gonna find one without it. If you do, that's great. You know, that's rare But you know if you're searching for that you're probably Gonna search for a whole really long time and you're probably not gonna find what you're looking for You're you're gonna find out after you bought it that there was some stuff done like that and you're gonna go. Oh, man You know gonna be disappointed. It's just don't put yourself through that Realize that these are old you're gonna have things that you're gonna find that are not gonna be original and sorry but it's just gonna be that way and You know, it's just you know You're gonna find out He might have had three of these door panels and he found one that looked just like it at the swap meet So what he saved the car it looks great, you know, like I saved deal the original door panels I wanted to keep that's why I said, you know, it has original door panels. Let's keep the original paint inside You know, those are the types of decisions that I made on this car to keep it the way I did So another thing you'll find is guys graft in Ragtop Bruce now, you know if you're a collector That's a pretty big deal. Okay, but if you're a guy who just wants a ragtop and the car has been grafted Like this one has not been grafted. It was original but if it's been grafted, I mean Honestly, there's gonna be grafted metal in the car. Okay There's gonna be like this ones that quarters have been replaced the whole back end of the car was rusted out You know, I did a lot to save this car I'm just telling you To be realistic. You're probably gonna have you might have a grafted rag and don't be like, oh my god. It's a grafted roof It's worth nothing. No, it's not worth nothing It's worth it If you're gonna drive it and you want a ragtop and you get one with a ragtop and it's there Who cares honestly the whole thing of that, you know? It's kind of but you but you need to make sure that you're not paying like top dollar thinking the thing was original rag, you know and You know collector type money on stuff to try and get it to that value You just need to realize that is what is on the car That's what I want and I'm okay with it The other thing that kind of irks me out there is that people think oh wow I want one of my numbers matching engine. Listen. This is not a Porsche three five six. Okay. This is a Volkswagen It's a people's car. It was used it was driven. It's gonna have It's probably not gonna have the original engine in it It's nice if the numbers work with the VIN that's just a plus You know what? I mean, but it's not a deal killer at all if it was driven and used and it's gonna have been Rebuilt several times and at some point the case goes bad. You have to replace the case So yeah, you know and it usually they got another used case from another engine and they went with that one. So that's Expected okay on an old Volkswagen. Don't think it should be numbers matching engine But it's nice since this is a 60 and it has a 36 horse engine Then it has all the correct parts on it. And that's what I like about it because that's what I wanted It's not because you know Some guys want a big motor if you're a big motor guy and you see one with unmatching motor motor numbers beautiful That's the car for you. You're gonna put the motor in it you want so You know think about that, you know when you're going to do it, you know, don't take a nice original car and Put a big giant motor in it and not keep the original engine and think oh, well, that's cool you know, especially when you do put a big engine in it your chances of crashing that car are much higher and there's a good chance when you're hauling ass and especially if you don't have disc brakes that you're just not gonna be able to stop and Yeah, you're gonna wreck it So that's when it's better if you're gonna do that type of thing if you have an unmatching numbers car So if you had find a body and pan that don't match and get it for a lot less It's better to buy that one because you know, you're gonna customize it. You're gonna lower it. You're gonna put wheels on it You're gonna put disc brakes on it. Who cares if it's all original then, you know, it's it's free game things that are pluses are does it have Original door handles original door handles are a little stronger than the aftermarket ones and they don't break as easily Those are pluses these things here Almost always been replaced. Keep that in mind Some of the aftermarket wipers are not very strong It's nice if you have original ones Those are again a plus if you want to buy the car not a deal-killer Nothing really is you just got to kind of keep that in mind what you want and what you don't want because if you're buying the car again Looking at all those things and you're trying to get one with all those parts on it You're just probably you're gonna do a lot of searching and you probably won't find what you're looking for and you'll just be years without a Volkswagen why not own it and drive it and Update it as you go. Just you know, keep that in mind that those things cost money like these fluted lenses They're they're made aftermarket ones. They have them. I'm gonna say where to get them, but They are available. These are original which is really rare And they have a different shape to them than the aftermarket They kind of have more of a routed shape. So that's kind of cool This these things are available new and they I can't tell the difference between you knew any in the old one I have old ones and I have original ones and they look the damn same Things like accessories that are on the car. These are not cheap. Okay, and they are hard to fit on the fenders These are called Robry Gravel guards and I have the Robry gravel guard. I have this thing in the front ones They're not original original ones are very pricey like these beauty rings are Expensive so that adds into the price The other thing that's pretty expensive Are these stainless steel? logo'd Thresholds or whatever there I don't fear what the name is those things are not cheap so if you see a car with a lot of accessories on it, you might want to figure that those things are kind of expensive and You know don't go and globe all the guy the price because you know That those things cost money like another thing that costs money is this thing here for the reserve the reserve switch thing That costs a little bit of money You know If you're looking at all the accessories in the car you see a lot of those things and they look like original stuff Then remember that those things cost a lot of money and they should be added value so don't just figure oh, well I can get this car cheap, you know because It's got a grafted roof, but or whatever right drafted ragtop, but he's got tons of Incredibly original nice accessories again keep that in the value Because if you're going to go and buy all that stuff later You're gonna find out that stuff's pretty damn expensive and if you can find it, sometimes you just can't even find this stuff So when you're looking at a project You want to look at number one? How complete is the car? How many parts does it have on it that you want? Number two Does it have a lot of rusted metal? How much are the metal parts going to cost? To buy how much they cost to have replaced if you're gonna have somebody do it the most expensive things are the accessories and the Original parts So a lot of people think think oh, well this car is like has no rust, but it has no original parts It's gonna cost you a lot more to find all those original parts than it is to just have some rust repaired Or in some cases the parts just aren't available So keep that in mind like original fenders. You can't find original fenders, man. You just don't find them You know, but then again now BBT makes a really good Original copy and so it's not as big a deal as it used to be so again Rust is gonna be there. You're gonna know it's gonna be there. You're gonna expect it to be there you're gonna have to either learn how to fix it or have somebody that you can call that do it and It's not gonna be cheap to have done It's just gonna be part of the cost of building the car And if it was done already on the car you're gonna want to inspect and just make sure it was done correctly if it was Done really sloppily and the metals lapped and it's you know Thick Bondo is what you're really looking for a lap metal is to me a normal repair But if somebody has Like to have to put this much Bondo on it to cover that then they really did some Banagling on their repairs and you know, those are type of things you want to look for but looking for something That's completely unmolested. I think it's just kind of It's pie in the sky. You're probably not gonna find it. You're gonna find something You know, you have to deal with whatever's there you you're gonna have a you have to kind of balance it out in your head Okay, it's got this issue it's got that issue it's got this problem are those things I can deal with Yes, they are. I'm I can I know I can find this panel like to replace. I know that I can Have this done But you know, you might look at something and go man that I don't know if I could fix and that's when you're gonna want to walk away from it and get a different one, but You know In the events and again how its price Maybe the guy's giving it away really cheap because it's got that issue and you could go and find a place or a guy You know They could replace help you replace the panel say the quarters just really bad or missing or something like that And you know a guy who's really really good at metalwork and he can help you out Then that might be okay But it should be considered again in your price When you go buy it, you know the average person Spends between three and five years Restoring their car. So, you know if you're looking for something It's a project that you're gonna do and you don't have that many years So he's some guys are in their 60s and 70s and they might spend that's average five years some guys are 10 years into the restoration and Ten years from now if you're in your 60s or 70s, how old are you gonna be? You're gonna be able to drive it. Are you gonna be able to enjoy it? You know, you got to think about all that stuff when you're when you're doing it, you know put all those things out on the table be real about it and understand that You know, that's the deal. This is what this is the deck of cards. I've got and Should I play it or should I hold it or whatever? You need to constantly think about that when you're doing it instead of just going. Oh I can deal with this I can deal with that. Maybe you can't so for whatever reasons maybe you're got medical issues You know that you've only got so many more years left in this planet. Not when I buy the one already done Because if you want one of these You're gonna have to deal with some issues. You have to deal with some rust. You have to buy some parts You're gonna have to go to some car shows That's where they're bestly best to find original stuff You might have to fly to if you really have an early car You might have to fly to Germany every four years. They have Hessisch Oldendorf. You might want to go to that But it's every four years So think about that, you know, if the parts are not always available for these you can't find what you're looking for And you might not find it for the price you're willing to pay. So anyway, let's do some things think about it for buying your old car buy if you're gonna buy a classic but Volkswagen and You know look at the cost of those parts accessories and customization stuff. You want to put on it disc brakes You know, that's a whole nother Avenue if you're gonna go custom That's so much stuff's really expensive disc brakes You know, yeah when you do the disc brakes you pretty much you got to narrow it if you're gonna go with the Really premium ones and if you're gonna do, you know Porsche wheels Some of the stuff just cost a lot to do to wear the Fuchs on to change the drums get the drums drilled You know all that stuff. I think they sell them now already drilled I don't know how good the quality is those those are you run into just tons and tons and tons of of Information that you're gonna have to search through to be able to do it And so if you're going custom if you want to lower it and put wheels on it do all that stuff You know your you know, and then and then you're gonna look at your transmission gears look at your Engine size all that stuff and make sure you have enough transmission behind the engine you can get into tens You know ten twenty thirty $30,000 in stuff like that, you know Go around and look at the prices on them and kind of get become educated about you know If I went with Wilwood calipers brakes, you're gonna have to narrow the front end to put them on You know, well, maybe I'm not gonna go with that maybe I'm gonna go with the MP now because they work pretty good and they're a lot cheaper and You know, so again, you know don't get your mind all one direction If you do you're gonna pay a lot of money, you know for all that stuff. It's gonna cost you quite a bit It's gonna cost you a lot more than what you think, you know when you go to buy it, you know It's like I tell guys You know paint jobs cost $10,000 and that's cheap now. I think we're getting towards 15, you know If you're gonna and then it depends on where you take it. If you get a cheaper one, it's gonna be there three or four years You know, it's because the guy can't afford to work on it. He's doing you a favor. So, you know You're gonna spend a lot of money if you have guys do all those stuff to it and it's gonna be gone for a long long time Taking it out to have guys do it because honestly, you know when you pay rent and you pay shop prices and all that and you pay utilities for cars to sit there and You know take up space you know all that stuff adds to the price of the paint job and in metal work and Whatever stuff you're having done at shops So it is very expensive it's a lot more than you might think especially if you haven't been in the game in a few years and You're you're going out. Oh, yeah, man. I used to go to Earl Shive, you know and pay $119.95 for a painting No, you're not doing that to this You're gonna need metal work. You're gonna need tons of Good filler work and you're gonna need you know paint stripped and all the stuff It's gonna be a lot of money you're gonna spend it's not gonna be you know $2,000 paint job. You're just not gonna find that guy who's gonna do all that work for that cheap, you know It's just there's just not out there. Really is it's just too much work. It's just a lot of time, you know So you're gonna you're gonna spend a lot of money on it if you're gonna do it if you're gonna have it done So again that you weigh that in Look at how much it costs to get a car painted it before you go out and buy one. That's not Painted and realize, you know a lot and all of has all original parts But it's not painted and you're gonna just take it somewhere and have it done 30 to 40 grand at least starting point maybe 50 and You're in paint job, you know and restoration cost, you know, really that's what you're looking at I'm just being honest with you. You can you can you can deny it you can put yourself in denial mode and Figure it's not gonna be that way. I'm oh, I'm not that guy It's not gonna be that way for me, right, but it probably will just so you know All right. I'll talk to you guys in the next video. Hopefully that helps you Decide on what you're gonna do and like I said, I'm not I'm encouraging to get a Volkswagen. They're fun But be real about it realize that you know, it is not cheap. I'll talk to you next video. Please like subscribe