£53,200
1965 Volkswagen 21-Window Deluxe Micro Bus
RM Sotheby's • UK • 8 Sept 2014
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
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£53,200
1965 Volkswagen 21-Window Deluxe Micro Bus
UK • 8 Sept 2014
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1965 Volkswagen 21-Window Deluxe Micro Bus, Chassis No. 245121087, retains its original Rome number plates and is a highly desirable example. It features a 40 hp, 1,500 cc OHV air-cooled engine and a four-speed manual transmission.
Condition
7
The car is described as being in restored condition, with a lovely two-tone color scheme of red and white. The interior is finished in matching red and white vinyl with red carpeting, which appears to show some light soiling from use. The odometer shows 28,542 kilometers, and as the gauges appear to be completely unrestored, this may very well be the original mileage. It is also presented with an equally tidy engine bay.
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17,735 miles
245121087
LHD
United Kingdom
Manual
822241
1965
Auction
£53,200
1965 Volkswagen 21-Window Deluxe Micro Bus
RM Sotheby's • UK • 8 Sept 2014
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
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Description
40 hp, 1,500 cc OHV air-cooled horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine, four-speed manual transmission, semi-elliptic leaf-spring suspension with shocks and coil springs, and four-wheel drum brakes.
Wheelbase: 2,400 mm With more than 21 million sold worldwide, the Volkswagen Type 1 (or “Beetle”, as it was nicknamed soon after its debut in 1939) would become the best-selling car of all time.
Under the direction of the German government to build a “people’s car”, Dr Ferdinand Porsche set about building prototypes in Stuttgart in the mid-1930s.
Production started under British occupation in Germany before the end of 1945, with worldwide exports beginning in the early 1950s.
Volkswagen, like other manufacturers, would continue to refine their car and develop variations of the original, but they would also share components throughout their models in order to increase production efficiency and profitability.
One of those variants, the iconic Volkswagen Transporter, first arrived on th...
Price Analysis vs Other Type 2 T1 21 Windows
£28,000
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£67,296
Median Price (Since 2020)
£185,144
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Exempt / No Records
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