VIN:1-0789203
Asking Price: $25,000
I'm selling this car at a point in the build where the next owner gets control. The teardown, rust repair, and metalwork are done — the parts that are expensive and hard to verify once finished. What's left is choosing how far you want to take it, rather than wondering what's hiding underneath someone else's paint. To that end, I will include all build images with the car for documentation. Unlike a finished car, nothing here is a mystery — the metalwork is visible, documented, and correct.
This 1955 Oval Window Beetle is a California car with matching body and pan (and matching original front beam), verified by an official Volkswagen Birth Certificate. Delivered through Competition Motors in Hollywood and later stored in Valencia, it’s now at an ideal stage for a buyer who wants to control final bodywork, paint, and assembly without starting from an unknown teardown.
The chassis has been fully restored. The body has been stripped, repaired, epoxy-primed, and brought through initial bodywork. Panels are largely original, with only one German Blech-Manufaktur rear fender replaced. A large inventory of original and restored parts is included.
VW Birth Certificate
- Here you can see the birthdate of the car is 1/7/55 and exported on 1/10/55.
- It does not have a color specified, however there is enough evidence the original paint was L275 Light Beige.
- Clean California title and registration is currently non-op
- Delivered through Competition Motors in Hollywood California
- M018 denotes that it was delivered with egg taillights
Body & Metal
- Car was media blasted to bare metal and sealed with SPI Epoxy
- Rust repair and metal finishing completed (extensive pictures available)
- Evercoat Rage Ultra, along with UPOL Dolphin Glaze, used for shaping, then sealed again with epoxy
- Original hood, decklid, front fenders, right rear fender
- Rear apron replaced using high-quality Wolfpart reproduction
- Driver-side rear fender replaced with high-quality German reproduction
- Rough bodywork completed; ready for final block sanding or panel-to-panel refinement
- Steering column, shifter, e-brake handle, semaphore switch housing painted correct single stage Light Beige (L75)
Chassis & Mechanical Restoration
Pan (Restoration performed by Washburn's Metal)
- Matching original pan
- Media blasted and refinished with powder coat
- New correct KlassicFab pan halves
- All hardware cleaned, plated, and reinstalled
Front End (Restoration performed by George Schmidt, The Butcher Shop)
- Matching numbers original front beam
- Beam disassembled, powder coated, and fully rebuilt
- New bushings with correct early components
- All hardware cleaned, plated, and reinstalled
- Steering box fully torn down, powder coated, resealed, and reassembled
Brakes
- All soft and hard lines replaced
- Drums turned; original German units retained
- ATE wheel cylinders installed
- New shocks
Transaxle (Rebuilt by Wright Gearbox)
- Splitcase transaxle with non-syncro 1st gear
Complete Parts Inventory — included with the car
→ Open full parts inventory (Google)
As you can see, all the hard to find parts are included with the car.
I have completed restoration on a handful of parts including the original hardware and vent wings.
The hardware is bagged and tagged for each part it belongs to.
Asking Price
$25,000 - Sale Pending