Vehicle Description
1967 Volkswagen Beetle - 16k Original Miles - Original Savannah
Beige paint - 1600cc 4-Cylinder - 4-Speed Manual - 2 Owner Car.
Same Current Owner for 15 Years - Incredible Condition (Please
note: If you happen to be viewing this 1967 Volkswagen Beetle on a
website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's possible that
you've only seen some of our many photographs of this vehicle due
to website limitations. To be sure you access all the more than 150
photographs, as well as a short walkaround-and-startup video,
please go to our main website: GarageKeptMotors.) The men who make
the VW make it very well. The inspectors make it perfect. -1967 VW
Beetle advertisement The copy in the advertisement cited above went
on to celebrate the fanatical level of detail pursued by inspectors
of Volkswagens. This was a particularly strong selling point at a
time when American manufacturers were known for haphazard quality
control. There are thousands of inspectors who literally pick every
Volkswagen to pieces. For the paint job alone, no less than eight
inspectors check every VW. The photograph in the ad showed a
block-shaped mass of metal, a Beetle that failed to pass one of the
inspections. While the period magazine advertisements for the
Beetle became a high point in advertising history, that fame only
mirrored the success of the car itself. In its May 2011 issue, the
British enthusiast magazine, Classic Motoring, encapsulated the
history and some of the allure of owning a VW Beetle: It's the
'Poor Man's Porsche' with a similar air-cooled, rear-mounted boxer
engine and transaxle driving the rear wheels. Until recently it
held the record for the biggest production run (21,529,464) and the
longest, having been produced continuously from wartime until just
a few years ago. As ever, VW Beetles make timeless practical
classics that never seem to go out of fashion and thanks to
Volkswagen's shrewd marketing policy from the outset, spare parts
have never been a problem. The number of independent specialists
mean repairs and servicing are similarly sleepeasy, and there's a
massive fan base... in the US, where it became a hippie icon. The
VW Beetle offered here is a remarkable survivor still wearing its
factory-applied Savannah Beige paint over black vinyl upholstery.
Not only does it remain in its factory-shipped condition, the car
has had only two owners since new, and together those two have
driven it just 16,000 miles in all. Rare is an understatement here.
The exterior of the car is virtually flawless. The paint is
uniformly shiny and free of flaws across the entire car. (Remember,
thousands of VW inspectors looked it over very carefully.) Wheels
feature the simple VW-branded center hubcaps and chrome bumper
overriders front and back to protect from bumps by larger cars of
the time. Badging is all present and correct (no doubt also
carefully inspected), and the classic small taillights of the 1967
model year are in place, un-cracked and un-faded. Exterior rubber
door sills are similarly undamaged. Inside, the simple
attractiveness of the design remains in excellent condition with
only minor patina from age and limited, respectful use over the
years. The body-color-painted dash, large speedometer, small square
fuel gauge, the AM-FM radio, rubber-covered floor, standard
floor-mounted 4-speed gear-shift are all present and unmodified.
Door trim and textured-vinyl upholstery is without rips or tears of
any sort. Even the clutch, brake, and accelerator pedal look almost
new. Under the rear hood, the engine bay is complete, clean, and
tidy. The 1600cc horizontal four-cylinder engine starts easily and
runs smoothly. (Be sure to check out the short walk-around-and
startup video available at the GarageKeptMotors site to sample the
music of the engine.) The car's undercarriage and floorpan are
undamaged, and components are correct and clean befitting the car's
low mileage. The more than 150 high-definition photogra
