1963 Volkswagen Bus hammers at record-setting $217,800
That's one expensive Hippie Hauler!

Autoblog reports at Barrett-Jackson's recent Orange County, California auctions, a 1964 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III James Young sedan went for $159,500, a 2005 Ford GT sold for $165,000 and a 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger cleared $215,600. Topping them all, and every other car for the weekend: a 1963 Volkswagen Samba Microbus, hammering for $217,800 inclusive of bidder's fee.

Source [Autoblog]

 

I was going to post this that night, but forgot to.

There is heated discussion on The Samba about this bus. Apparently they did an excellent job, but restored a non-numbers matching car and painted it the wrong color.

Still, the quality of the resto is top notch and I loved seeing the owner jumping up and down excited at the drunk clowns bidding on his van.

 

Look for h2o's at the next acution if this is what they are going for