1959 Volkswagen Beetle - Classic

Coupe

4 - Cyl.

Manual

2284610

Clear

Gasoline

1959 VW Clasic all original On May-21-10 at 14:17:31 PDT, seller added the following information: OK, OK I get the message... Due to the over whelming response and all the calls and questions. Here is what I know about this car. This is a two owner car that has spent most of it's pampered life in storage. The 51,348. miles are original. the motor is the original motor and has never been out of the car. Car is a rust free car with no rust issues, floor pans are as solid as the day they rolled out of the plant. This is and was an adult owned and cared for car. The only up grades to the car is a professionally installed suspension and custom rims. $5,000.00 was spent on the suspension and rims.The interior was also done. The engine looks and runs like it did when it pulled out of The showroom floor. This is a no disappointment car. No cut wires, lines or add on's. Please feel free to contact me for an inspection or test drive. 786-299-7074 car is located in the Doral/ airport area. That being said.... Here is a little more information on the early Beetles. 1955-1959 Volkswagen Beetle The 1955-1959 Volkswagen Beetle models well and truly established the little air-cooled, rear-engine car as part of the American landscape. America was becoming the Bug's home away from home, and in 1955, Volkswagen United States (later Volkswagen of America) opened its doors in a modest two-story building in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. ©2007 Publications International, Ltd The Beetle lost its split rear window for 1953 in favor of a one-piece oval unit, as shown on this 1956 Volkswagen Beetle sedan. Though the 1956 Volkswagen Beetle's price had risen to a stiffish $1,995 (versus $1,280 in 1949-1950), Volkswagens accounted for almost 65 percent of the 51,000 import cars Americans bought that year. In 1957, over 50,000 were sold. "There is no longer any doubt about it," said Road & Track in October 1956. "Dr. Ferdinand Porsche's little 'people's car' has done what no other [import] has ever been able to do: it has gained an unmistakable wheel-hold in the garages and hearts of the American car-buying public . . . . The only mystery is: how did it happen? Especially with practically no national advertising? Of the various explanations, probably the simplest is that the Volkswagen fulfills a need which Detroit had forgotten . . . a car that is cheap to buy and run, small and compact, light and maneuverable yet solidly constructed, and perhaps above all, utterly dependable and trouble-free." How true. Against the increasingly bloated, overdecorated gas-guzzling fantasies of mid-1950s America, the thrifty, practical Volkswagen Beetle was a paragon of common sense -- almost an "anti-car." ©2007 Publications International, Ltd Karmann coachworks began building Beetle convertibles in 1949. Pictured is a 1956 Volkswagen Beetle cabriolet by Karmann. It seated four. It certainly wasn't snazzy or even very roomy, it wasn't fast (0-60 mph took over 20 seconds and top speed was just 68 mph), and backing off the gas in mid-corner could send you sliding off tail-first. But the Beetle was fun to drive, a breeze to park, had no trouble keeping up with traffic, and, thanks to constant improvement, was finished like a Rolls-Royce and wore like iron. No wonder so many Americans loved it. car is sold as is where is with no warranty expressed or implied. please use due diligence. Come by if you are local. Inspect the car or have it professionally inspected. $1,000.00 Pay-Pal deposit is due within 48 hrs. of winning bid. Note: winning bidder is responsible for all shipping and inspection charges.