£4,536 (Est: £3,000 - £5,000)
1974 VW BEETLE 1200
Anglia Car Auctions • UK • 14 Jun 2025
Market Position:
Mid-Market
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£4,536 (Est: £3,000 - £5,000)
1974 VW BEETLE 1200
UK • 14 Jun 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1974 Volkswagen Beetle 1200, with 103,320 miles, has been stored for years. While it runs and drives and comes with paperwork back to the '80s, it needs restoration work, potentially affecting its value.
Condition
5
The car has been in storage for some years and the vendor intended to restore it, implying that work is needed. It is running and driving, but the description highlights that money is needed elsewhere, suggesting the restoration may not have been completed.
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103,320 miles
XPA 436N
1974
Auction
1142618340
RHD
United Kingdom
£4,536 (Est: £3,000 - £5,000)
1974 VW BEETLE 1200
Anglia Car Auctions • UK • 14 Jun 2025
Market Position:
Mid-Market
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Description
This Volkswagen Beetle 1200 was registered in April 1974 and has six registered keepers on its V5C.
Its odometer shows (1)03,320 miles and its last Mo
T expired in May 2019 after being tested the previous year at an indicated (1)03,295 miles.
However, as an historic vehicle, the Beetle no longer requires annual testing.
It has been in storage for some years; the vendor purchased it with the aim of restoring it to Concours condition but money now needs to be diverted elsewhere.
It is running and driving however.
Paperwork includes the V5C, invoices back to the Eighties, Mo
Ts back to 1988, a 1974 brochure, Volkswagen dating letters, and the service book with stamps up to July 1987 at 40,504 miles.
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Price Analysis vs Other Beetle 1200s
£760
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£6,735
Median Price (Since 2020)
£16,379
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 22nd May 2019
Latest MOT mileage:
3,295 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 23rd May 2018, 3,295 miles
There were 4 defects noted.
Minor:
- Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))
Advisory:
- Offside Headlamp has a product on the light source but not seriously reducing light output (4.1.4 (b))
- Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed
On 19th Jun 2017, 2,033 miles
There were 2 defects noted.
Advisory:
- Rear registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)
- Nearside Rear Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt
Passed
On 25th Jun 2016, 17,649 miles
There was 1 defect noted.
Advisory:
- all body slight corrosion and has underseal on it
Passed
On 30th May 2015, 1,359 miles
There were 4 defects noted.
Advisory:
- Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.2.C.1c)
- Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
User Entered:
- all body front to rear has under seal
- osf and nsf wheel bearing has slight play
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