1975 Volkswagen Super Beetle Convertible

• Mustard yellow paint is glossy and even on the hood, doors and fenders, panels straight — no respray budget from these photos.
• Chrome bumpers and hubcaps are bright and mirror-like; the exhaust tailpipe under the rear valance is rusty — no chrome money, small exhaust money.
• Black top looks fresh, taut and smooth up, and the glass rear window is clear — no top replacement budget from these photos.
• Black basketweave seats front and rear are clean and unsplit, and the dash pad looks smooth with no cracks showing — no retrim or dash spend.
• Loose wires hang under the dash and aftermarket speakers are cut into the footwells — budget a small electrical tidy.
• Front trunk well is painted black but the paint is peeling and flaking in patches over the yellow underneath; the spare is present on a yellow steel rim — budget trunk paint tidying and check the well metal in person.
• Engine bay has a carburettor conversion with a chrome air filter; paint is peeling around the engine-lid edges and hinges down to primer, and the tinware is oily and chipped — budget a service, detail and edge paint.
• No underside photos in the sample — can't judge it, hold back money for that inspection.

Money: at $9,750 the glossy paint, fresh top and clean seats do the selling; the peeling trunk and engine-lid paint, loose dash wiring and rusty exhaust are modest spends, with the underside still to check.