@Asad. Thanks...please do let me know of any pre 64 Bug (esp ragtops :)) that shows up at Shershah, plus of course any other kind of VW - esp Ghias, Split Buses, pretty much any other oddity you come across. Just call me. Cash can be sent the following day for a good one, and the massacre can be stopped! Honestly, if I had a massive parking lot/unlimited resources, I'd stop scrapping all VWs, period. Not nice, but then again...where are we to get our parts for 'our' beloved cars from then?
@Sharjemad Join the club! I'm looking for (yet another) one as well. Trouble is, these days, a good Bug at a reasonable price has become pretty damn hard to find as my experience tells me. I would recommend starting off with something post 1968, like a 69-71 1300 or 1200 standard, for which parts/maintenance would be easy. Then try something rarer. Having said that, we live in a country where a 6-year old Mercedes E200 costs roughly 4.0 - 4.5 million, which is insane by anyone's standards, so an old VW no matter how expensive will always seem like good value!
