Description: 1962Volkswagen Roadster. Show Quality Street Buggy! For the first time ever, this one-of-a-kind roadster is for sale after being family owned for nearly 40 years. This outstanding vehicle has graced the cover of Hot VW's magazine here in the States and has been featured on the cover of Volks World in the UK. It has been called the fastest street-legal buggy in California or more affectionately known as Rollason's Roadster. 4 Cylinder, manual 5-speed. $18k in engine alone. Always stored in the garage and covered when not being driven. Complete service records available. Located in Irvine, California... that's Southern Orange County, about a hour South of Los Angeles. Serious inquiries only! Experienced drivers preferred. Specs: - Custom paint job and chrome detailing. - Massive 2852cc Fat Performance Type 4 power plant... with a 10:1 compression ratio. - 210 BHP... plus nitrous-injected into the dual 48 IDA Weber carbs... powering the roadster weighing about 1000 pounds. - An E-Ticket ride... 120 mph with a timing slip of 11.90 seconds in the quarter mile at the drag strip. - Custom 5-speed transmission designed and built by the late, great Gene Berg. This Berg conversion offers four close ratio gears rounded off with an overdrive fifth gear for effortless freeway cruising. - A pair of super comfort Recaro seats in black and grey... and for safety... a pair of Deist 7 point harnesses. - Riding on a set of Gotti split-rim wheels wrapped in Goodyear Eagle tires, VR50(rear) and VR60(front) ... with the stopping power of four-wheel Porsche disc brakes. - Mileage: only 8,380 very fun weekend and drag strip miles. ------------------------- Asking price: $49,500 or best offer. ------------------------- For high resolution photos, please visit:Gary Rollason 949-653-8810 59989@ads.ClassyAuto.com
