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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22439 Location: UK

How much of this old VW camper van, lifted from a lake, will be restorable?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/6753575/Rare-VW-Camper-rescued-from-watery-grave.html

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traction39 · Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 399 Location: South Wales

How about this one!

http://www.motorlegend.com/actualite-automobile/une-bugatti-sortie-de-lac/3450.html

(Scroll down for more pictures)

In French but quite a restoration project soon to be offered for sale by Bonhams. An expert reckons only 20% will be recovered towards the final car.
It has been in the lake for 73 years at 53 metres.

Expected price Euro 70,000 to 80,000. What I could do with that money!!!

Alistair
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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh

Yummy!

More here: http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4469309&iSaleNo=18191&iSaleSectionNo=2

I wonder if Swiss import duties still need to be paid and whether they would again be more than the value of the car!

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poodge · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 687

Having been under water,they might actually not be too bad.It's when the air gets to it,trouble starts.
All the same,I'll pass Very Happy

Fluffle-Valve · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:46 pm Post subject:

Wow, did realise that old VW camper vans fetch so much money... Shocked

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Brookie · Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Posts: 30 Location: Western Australia

They have become very expensive
Over 100 Splittie photos in Perth Western Australia

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