Shipping & Logistics: For UK-based buyers, the vendor has secured competitive, fixed-rate shipping via VA Auto Traders: £1,295 for cars and £595 for motorcycles. This offer applies to all vehicles sold by this vendor during the current ‘Blaauwbank Collection’ auctions. 

Global Shipping: International delivery options are also available. Please contact info@vaautotraders.com for a bespoke expert quote. 

This 1966 Volkswagen Beetle 1300 forms part of the carefully curated Blaauwbank Collection, which includes an eclectic mix of multi-generational cars, stored in purpose-built, climate-controlled dry-storage hangars in the arid climate of Central South Africa.

Air-cooled VW fans will no doubt have spotted that the 1966 Beetle 1300 occupies a sweet spot in the lineage. With its 1.3-litre engine offering a useful step up from the earlier 1200, it delivers enough performance to feel confident on today's roads while retaining the mechanical simplicity that has made the Beetle one of the most popular cars ever produced. Finding a sound example after nearly sixty years is no small feat, rust has claimed many, and good ones are becoming genuinely scarce.

Our car, finished in VW Lotus White over Black, appears to be one of those survivors. The vendor reports a solid floor pan, and describes the bodywork as in very sound order. With 135,538 miles indicated on the odometer, believed by the vendor to be correct, this is offered as a Beetle to get in and go.

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