It's one of the most iconic and fun cars to drive of all time.
So you'd expect this 42-year-old VW Beetle to have hundreds of thousands of miles on the clock.
But this 1974 model has had just one extremely careful owner who only drove it a total of 56 miles.
Over the next four years, his visits became more infrequent and by the time he made his last trip, he had only driven a total of 56 miles.
Silverstone Auctions, which is putting the car up for sale, said: 'Unique is a word nearly always incorrectly used, but in the case of this 1974 Beetle, we think not.
'There are original photographs of the car taken when it was first discovered in the barn and its presented today after light recommissioning, having benefited from a good coating of Waxoyl.
'It still holds the original oil in the engine and is shod with its first set of tyres.'
I don't recall that is an original color in '74. So the paint has probably been re-done and I would suspect the chrome as well (VW chrome plating was notoriously bad). If those really were original tires (tyres to you) they would have been oxidized and deeply cracked by now so I'm a little suspicious about that.
Fun cars, though. Spent a lot of time driving various beetles and busses from that era and before.
I found a close but not exact match with "Ontario Blue" for that year. could be.:
That color is the same as my 72 Super Beetle. In 72 that color was only used on the "Custom Model", which cost about $150 more than the standard model. The salesman said that color would make mine unique. In those days Beetles were all over the road. So, I bought it and immediately began seeing a lot of Beetles on the road with that unique color. The paint only lasted about 3 years until it started flaking off the roof. I had mine repainted 3 times. I saw a few others that had the same paint problem.
I drove it for 35 years and gave it to charity in 2007.
when I was in college I recall there was a company that would paint VW Bugs for free with an advertisement (My friend got Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo) and then pay like $20 or $25 a month (bought a lot of gas in those days) for you to just drive around in it like you usually did. There were a lot of bugs then with crummy paint jobs, so it was a pretty good deal (you did have to bring it in every 2-3-months for a touch up).
I remember that. I wanted to get in on it but the place I would need to take it for painting was too far away to make it worth doing.
A lot of the 'Beetle Boards' that I saw driving around were for Kool cigarettes. I liked the Levi's ad, which I saw in a picture but never saw on a car. I don't know whether you had any choice in choosing the ad. Probably not.
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A lot of the 'Beetle Boards' that I saw driving around were for Kool cigarettes. I liked the Levi's ad, which I saw in a picture but never saw on a car. I don't know whether you had any choice in choosing the ad. Probably not.
I had one of those too! My grandma owned a liquor store and got the boat from the ciggies/booze distributer and kept it for me. I never learned to sail it properly, sadly. Learning to sail is still on my bucket list!
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