Our 1969 Convetible VW Beetle Project Costs
Car from ebay
Sold chassis, engine, tranny -$139.50
Sold Speedometer -$11.50
Sold defroster -$6.99
Sold Vents -$4.49
Sold more vents -$2.99
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Total spent on beetle $244.53
Parts from
sold generator stand -$6.21
sold speedometer -$21.01
sold intake castings -$26.00
sold carb. -$15.01
sold carb #2 -$10.50
sold intake castings #2 -$25.00
sold intake castings #3 -$15.50
Sold intake castings #4 -$15.00
Sold intake castings #5 -$26.89
Sold intake castings #6 -$27.89
Sold single port intake -$41.00
Sold intake castings #7 -$20.50
Sold Choke Coil -$10.50
Sold Voltage Reg. -$15.71
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sold single port intake #2 -$47.50
Sold speedometer #2 -$35.50
Sold intake castings #8 -$42.00
Sold carb #3 -$19.50
Sold intake castings #9 -$40.00
Sold intake castings #10 -$41.50
Sold Gas tank -$25.00
Sold intake castings #11 -$39.99
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Total
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Total spent on
Bought 1966 Parts beetle and other parts $250
From in
Sold intake manifold -$40
Sold gen stand #1 -$2.99
Sold Carb #1 -$3.99
Sold Carb #2 -$3.99
Sold gen. stand #2 -$3.99
Sold Parts beetle -$349.99
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Total sold -$404.95
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Total spend on Yates city parts -$154.95
Bought Engine Donor truck: $300
Bought Valve covers for 350 $54.00
Bought performer intake for 350 $25.00
Bought paint for engine $64
Bought bolts, nuts, and washers for engine $25
Bought water pump for truck $60.50
Bought carb gasket, plug wires, cap and rotor $50.18
Bought electric fan for engine $50.00
Bought Carb spacer $39.97
Bought new engine mounts $15.98
Sold Truck w/o engine & tranny etc: -$100
Sold TH-350 transsmission -$100
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Total spend on engine: $484.63
Bought used 200R4 transmission $200
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Total spend on transmission $200
Bought s-10 for chassis donor $400
Bought 3 gals of Hurculiner for under coating: $60
Bought new leaf springs $86.78
Bought steel for bushings $24.00
Bought urethane for bushings $30.00
Bought U-Joints for drive shaft $38.51
Bought Ubolts and shackle bolts $52.00
Bought ball joints + front wheel bearings & seals $48.00
Bought tubular upper control arms $118.49
Bought Moog 5660 front coil springs $62.88
Bought front & rear sway bars $169.90
New Front end bolts $54.30
Lower control arm bushings $27.21
Inner tie rod ends $40.74
Idler arm $32.82
Outer tie rod ends $35.95
Front Brake lines $13.06
Coil spring isolators $28.80
Tie rod adjusters $22.18
2” chassis tech drop spindles $119.99
rotors, caliper, pads, spindles nuts, dust caps, etc $288.52
front sway bar bushings $20.90
Sold engine, trans, and computer -$100.00
Sold Passenger door -$30.00
Sold Heater controls -$10.00
Sold Radiator -$15.00
Sold Cat converter -$10.00
Sold rest of s10 for scrap -$15.00
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total spent on chassis $1367.86
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total spent $1924.30