Will this 1972 Volkswagen Beetle Sell at Mecum Auctions?

hey everybody, this week I'm in Kissimmee Florida for Mecum Auctions. what we have here is a clean original beetle. let's see how much she sells for. thanks for watching and enjoy!

[@rheuss1]

I bought one brand new in 1970 for 1800 dollars, fantastic car . 28 miles to the gallon driving cross country. Never had a problem in eighty thousand miles. Thirty grand seems a little pricy,

[@zymmer4]

not really..take a rusty shell..get it to that condition..well over 30 K..

[@rheuss1]

@@zymmer4 yes in todays money 30,000 is the same as 3000. Was in 1970 .

[@zymmer4]

Its a super betle..not to be confused with a VW beetle..

[@socaljarhead7670]

Yup. Complete garbage.

[@beetle3578]

@@socaljarhead7670like you

[@seanoleary1979]

$30K for a BEETLE? No f-ing way!

[@kevincralle1032]

Way!!

[@seanoleary1979]

@@kevincralle1032 Human beings are so incredibly ridiculous, pithy, and foul... It's easy to see how atrocities like the holocaust have occured!

[@michaelconverse5127]

Absolutely

[@seeharvester]

Cost $1800 new in 1972. Crazy.

[@ericknoblauch9195]

When I was growing up Beetles were everywhere. I knew several people who bought them, and kept them for a very long time. We had a VW mechanic who would fix our VW who put over 1,000,000 miles on a 1956 bug. Several more people I knew paid $2,000.00 for one, and drove it for over 20 years. When they sold the bug the odometer had rolled over more than once, and they were getting $2,500.00 to $3,000.00. The VW Beetle, and Bus were the only two cars I have seen in my lifetime that would appreciate, and not depreciate in value. Most cars depreciate. During the gas crises in the 1970's the Beetle was in demand. Some people got something like 37 miles to the gallon at the time when most cars got between 8 and 17 miles to the gallon of gas. The Beetle performed efficiently, and had no sensors or computers to monitor the gas mileage.

[@raysterling3668]

Drove this year of VW in college. Good car but not much power. Hard to get on the freeway from entrance. Frame up restoration, maybe 20,000.

[@user-df8fj2np2t]

If it was a VW bus it would be more. You have to remember that most of the buyers are overseas

[@seeharvester]

Where overseas? China?

[@donsailing1356]

I owned a ‘72 Super…… imo the best super beetle because it didn’t have the ugly round tailights of the ‘73…. it had a flat windshield, not the ugly curved one… and it didn’t have the huge, bulbous front end of the ‘73. The ‘72 was a one-off…… 👍 I’d love to own that!

[@mollyhatchet7075]

I AGREE . 72 IS MY FAVORITE YEAR .

[@chrisst8922]

The Mecum guys have invented a whole new language.

[@josvandencamp8441]

Great looking car. Worth every dollar.

[@darzoom]

Insane.

[@10minutesusa]

It's true there is a sucker born every minute.

[@seeharvester]

More than one now-a-days.

[@cmtravelandcars]

Lol

[@S.C.A.M]

Seen Splits go for 3x this , You could buy 2 Hemi cudas for the price of a Hebmuller Beetle . These used to be so cheap back in the day these things have skyrocketed man

[@socaljarhead7670]

Yeah, but this is a super beetle man. Garbage as all post 1967 Volkswagen are. Absolute garbage.

[@cutthroat5000]

could of bought a split for that price

[@socaljarhead7670]

A Super Beetle. Even worse!😂

[@cmtravelandcars]

😂😂

[@paulschmolke188]

10 times what it cost new…crazy.

[@kellymcclendon6601]

This was Hitler's daily driver.

[@seeharvester]

Jawoll mein herr!

[@cmtravelandcars]

Lol

[@mollyhatchet7075]

YEAH HE LIKED THE TAILPIDE UP HIS OUNST KLEINERSCHTEINER .

[@ronniesandoval8254]

The dude got ripped off

[@cmtravelandcars]

Lol

[@socaljarhead7670]

Everybody who bought a Volkswagen after 1967 got ripped off.