1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle

• White paint with the full 53 roundel and stripe livery is glossy and even all round, panels straight — no paint budget from these photos.
• A seam close-up shows light rust staining and a couple of small rust spots low on a panel edge — probe it in person, but it reads as touch-up money, not panel work.
• Chrome bumpers are bright and straight front and rear, and headlight rings are clean — no chrome spend.
• Black eight-spoke wheels are tidy up front, though one rear wheel's black paint is peeling around the hub; tires show deep tread — budget a wheel repaint, no tire spend.
• Black seats front and rear look clean and unsplit, door cards are tidy and the dash pad looks smooth — no seat or dash spend.
• The headliner is missing: bare yellow patterned foam insulation is exposed on the roof and peeling at the edges, with surface rust on the pillars — budget a headliner, that's the big interior spend.
• Gear lever shaft is rusty below its wooden knob and the carpets are grubby — small tidy money alongside the headliner.
• Engine bay is complete and stock-looking with its original air cleaner, dusty with rust at the lid edge — budget a service and detail; running condition can't be judged from photos.
• No underside photos in the sample — can't judge it, hold back money for that inspection.

Money: at $8,995 the glossy Herbie livery, bright chrome and clean seats support the ask; the missing headliner is the one real spend, plus a wheel repaint and the usual unseen-underside check.