Welcome to The Fab Five
Feast your eyes on these fine specimens.
These amazing time capsules are just about as close to new as you're ever likely to find. With roughly the same amount of "delivery miles" on their odometer's as one you would've purchased fresh from the Dealership if you had been one of the fortunate few able to do so back in 1979.
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. These aren't newly restored cars. Anything but. We've all heard the ol' saying "They're only original once." Now we know what they are referring to.
There's simply no way to replicate the single stage paintwork of an original, even with today's modern tools. Matter of fact, it's more "because" of today's modern tools that reproducing a car at this level is impossible. That fact, combined with all of the new "rules" accompanying those new tools are what makes an original impossible to replicate. While some may claim their restoration is "better than new", for us Purist's there's simply no replacement for a truly original car. Especially an air-cooled VW Beetle Convertible.
There comes a point where things surpass the money threshold. A point where mere money simply won't cut it. You still need the other two key ingredients. Yes, money is extremely important but without the existence of such a car, combined with a willing Seller offering its availability, someone who realizes it's time to let go and allow someone else to be the Caretaker, then nothing will happen. Not even the fattest bank account can overcome the Trifecta of Truth.
When it comes to the meaning of "new", you're lookin' at it. These wonderful air-cooled classic VW Beetle's have never spent a night outside. Nor a day for that matter(with the possible exception of the Mars Red Convertible). Never been abused, scrubbed, polished, buffed, none of that. Original tops have never even been opened.
What you're looking at are five ultra rare VW Convertibles that were transported from the Dealership Showroom floor in 1979, whisked off to their comfy 75 degree 24/7 climate controlled cocoon's for the past 47 years and are only just now seeing the light of day. Having been stored with aviation fuel and run on occasion just to keep the batteries up. No E85 goin' on here, no Sir. However, for the sake of safety (due to the extremely high pressure of the factory Bosch L-Jetronic Fuel Injection system), we've taken it upon ourselves to replace the fuel lines as well as the fuel injectors to insure these beauties run at their optimal best.
As mentioned there is only one possible exception, that being the Mars Red Convertible. Reason being is it was driven to a local Car Show and back in 1993, hence the "double miles" (66 original miles as compared to the low 30's of the others). Therefore we aren't able to confirm that the top on that Convertible was never opened. All of these fine specimens are still wearing their "as born with" Michelin & Continental "skinny" whitewall radial tires.
Unfortunately, even though these tires are in essence new (and look every bit of it), we have to say that due to their age they should not be relied upon for safe driving at today's highway speeds and if the new owner chooses to drive these VWs, the tires should be replaced. However, they are perfect for "display" purposes. No way we'll be changing them any time soon, that's for certain. That will be entirely up to the new owner(s). They can not be duplicated as they are not available in today's market. Not to mention they add so much to the originality of these five beauties.
1979 VW Convertible in gorgeous Satin Silver
So far the Silver one has been the only one of the five to see the sun again. Only because it was closest to the front of the hangar and we were able to extricate it without having to go through the laborious task of moving anything and everything imaginable to get a straight shot at the door. With a scant 34 original miles, stunning to say the least.
1979 VW Convertible in beautiful Mars Red
Next up on the Dream List we have this exquisite example in Mars Red. We doubt there's anyone out there that doesn't like a Red car. In fact they even hold classic Car Shows specifically for Red cars only. That's how deep the love for Red cars runs. Likely the most popular color of all the colors, just not the rarest of the bunch in this circle of friends.
Having traveled just a short 66 miles in the past 47 years and since it was indeed driven to a local Car Show in 1993, we have no way of verifying if the top was ever opened or not. We'll leave that to the new owner to ascertain.
1979 VW Triple Black "Epilogue" Edition Convertible
Next up we have one of the ultra rare Triple Black "Epilogues". Having traveled some 32 miles since it left the VW Factory in Germany some 47 years ago it's highly unlikely you'll find a nicer example. A similar Epilogue with 841 miles sold a couple years back for $92K. That will give you some kind of an idea of the "numbers" 1979 Epilogue's at this level command.
1979 VW Triple White Convertible
Not gonna lie, even taking into account the rarity of the Epilogue's, it's the Triple White that has our attention. Can you imagine how nice that all white interior is having never seen the sun. Not to mention barely even driven. With only 31 "delivery" miles on the odometer it simply doesn't get much "newer" than this.
And with the original top having never even been opened since day one it's difficult to imagine a better example even exists. If one does we'd certainly love to see it. Yes, we've seen the so called "low miler's" before but they were measured in the hundred's of miles, had been driven, tops down and all of that. None of that going on here.
1979 VW Triple Black "Epilogue" Edition Convertible
Speaking of rare, there were only 900 of the Triple Black "Epilogue" Edition's ever built. While rare on their own, it's extremely rare to see two of them in one offering. Not to mention this example being a September 1979 build(see photo below) which means it is equipped with the updated 85mph speedometer(all the others are equipped with the typical 100mph speedometer. The folks at the VW Factory did this in anticipation of meeting the new "rules and regulations" for the 1980 Model year.
Unfortunately it wasn't to be. Volkswagen chose instead to pull the plug and call an end to 30 years of creating one of the most iconic cars in the history or automobile production. The People's Car. Again, having only traveled a deliciously low 31 miles since new, you're not likely to see one of these at your local Cars & Coffee any time soon. Or anywhere else for that matter.
All Titles In Hand
Rarely, if ever, does an opportunity such as this present itself on any level. For the most part these situations rarely reach the public eye and most are transacted "behind the scenes". This is basically a "once in a lifetime" offering that we highly doubt will ever come along again.
These beautiful Beetles are located in southwest Indiana and offered for your consideration @ $75K each. However we're hoping that these five VW's will indeed be purchased in an all inclusive "group" format and in an effort to make that happen they are being offered @ $70K each in a "package of five" scenario.
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