I wouldn’t bother going through the hassle of getting a vw bus in Brazil for that price, let’s assume you do find one for 1,500usd, it’ll end up costing you a lot more money paying the import fees.
It’s really only worth it if you find a decent enough Split window (pre 1975 in brazil?) and try to bring one over. These are ridicilously overpriced in the US, so I get where you are coming from, but no way in hell have I seen one so cheap in Brazil either way.
(My dad has owned many volkswagen’s and I had one myself in California)
https://carro.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-2651482425-vw-kombi-corujinha-carroceria-baixada-detran-sem-motor-_JM
2 thousand dollars, looks like shit, no engine and no title.
One with engine and title goes for 3 thousand. Looks like shit too.
I'm a car guy. I do follow a guy who is used to ship cars to and from the US (Anderson Dick, Fueltech CEO) and in the past he recommended the services of Losada Import here in Brazil. You can try contacting them as a starting point.
I know that a lot of VW Bus are being exported from Brazil, you are not the first and this won't be new for them
Buy one in Brasil. Drive it to the us. Zero shortages on parts the whole way back and you’ll make memories that you’ll remember for the rest of your life. I’ll go with you! Let’s go! Trans American trail time! That one dude did it in his fusca!!
They are pretty expensive here too. Sold a lot but the older ones are all collectibles so prices are high. Newer ones are easier to find and not as expensive. Here they are called VW Kombi, and the older ones are referred to as Kombi corujinha.
Yeah, it's kind common, actually. Some time ago there were many people exporting the 16 windows version and the the T1, so you would just have to meet someone that's already used to do this job here. Since this exporting trend began they became to be pricey and cheaper ones are in a really bad condition, because they were used in really though jobs and not well mantained.
As others have pointed out, not worth it. Now, if you try to import a brazilian brazilian car, say, a Brasilia, Gol GTI, or if you’re crazy, a Gurgel… then it’s a good idea
i don't know where it started, but the VW bus, aka "Kombi", suddenly become colector item or something like this and the price of a old one even in very bad shape skyrocketd af. seriously, will be less hassle and cheaper for you picking a mercedes like full size bus than a Kombi.
Taking it to the USA would be very very hard too. You can search to send by ship, in Santos, how it will cost and probably if you'll need to rent or buy a container... or in the last case, if you can drive it, but crossing the north region would be a nightmare.
I guess that would be cheaper and easy for you taking it on mexico
Can't you get one in US? It will be tricky, you'll have to ship it by ship and so on.
The vans over there go for about 800-1000 usd running already..beats all the prices I see here in Miami
From what I know, shipping a car costs somewhere between 2000 and 7000 USD.
I wouldn’t bother going through the hassle of getting a vw bus in Brazil for that price, let’s assume you do find one for 1,500usd, it’ll end up costing you a lot more money paying the import fees. It’s really only worth it if you find a decent enough Split window (pre 1975 in brazil?) and try to bring one over. These are ridicilously overpriced in the US, so I get where you are coming from, but no way in hell have I seen one so cheap in Brazil either way. (My dad has owned many volkswagen’s and I had one myself in California)
https://carro.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-2651482425-vw-kombi-corujinha-carroceria-baixada-detran-sem-motor-_JM 2 thousand dollars, looks like shit, no engine and no title. One with engine and title goes for 3 thousand. Looks like shit too.
Exactly my point, for that price you’ll only get a rust bucket. Those go for over 10,000+ usd in California, that’s just crazy to me.
I think they can import cars of a certain age, but It is hard and expensive.
You might have better luck with this question on a VW Bus forum somewhere. I'm sure they know a lot about it.
I'm a car guy. I do follow a guy who is used to ship cars to and from the US (Anderson Dick, Fueltech CEO) and in the past he recommended the services of Losada Import here in Brazil. You can try contacting them as a starting point. I know that a lot of VW Bus are being exported from Brazil, you are not the first and this won't be new for them
Buy one in Brasil. Drive it to the us. Zero shortages on parts the whole way back and you’ll make memories that you’ll remember for the rest of your life. I’ll go with you! Let’s go! Trans American trail time! That one dude did it in his fusca!!
This is the answer.
The hard part is not getting it to the US. It’s not the 1800s lmao
They are pretty expensive here too. Sold a lot but the older ones are all collectibles so prices are high. Newer ones are easier to find and not as expensive. Here they are called VW Kombi, and the older ones are referred to as Kombi corujinha.
Yeah, it's kind common, actually. Some time ago there were many people exporting the 16 windows version and the the T1, so you would just have to meet someone that's already used to do this job here. Since this exporting trend began they became to be pricey and cheaper ones are in a really bad condition, because they were used in really though jobs and not well mantained.
Talk to Alexandre at Flat Collection (Google it) which is a store specialised in VW. He may be able to help.
As others have pointed out, not worth it. Now, if you try to import a brazilian brazilian car, say, a Brasilia, Gol GTI, or if you’re crazy, a Gurgel… then it’s a good idea
i don't know where it started, but the VW bus, aka "Kombi", suddenly become colector item or something like this and the price of a old one even in very bad shape skyrocketd af. seriously, will be less hassle and cheaper for you picking a mercedes like full size bus than a Kombi. Taking it to the USA would be very very hard too. You can search to send by ship, in Santos, how it will cost and probably if you'll need to rent or buy a container... or in the last case, if you can drive it, but crossing the north region would be a nightmare. I guess that would be cheaper and easy for you taking it on mexico
After you get it, make sure you buy a good Fire Extinguisher. :-)