NMNA '59 Vespa 500 Microcar w/VW swap

This is what happens when I click on a FB Mktplc link here. E36 M3 like this pops up:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1038490907475110/

I believe he's smokin' something asking over 10 Steves for it but who knows?

In reply to rdcyclist :

Pretty sure a stock Vespa 400 would go for well over $10K nowadays (the market for microcars is crazy), but I have no idea how to value one modified like this.  Pretty cool, though.

In reply to eastsideTim :

I'd value it less. 
 

I don't think the VW engine adds value. I think it detracts. 

Am I the only one too sense to know why the steve reference?

03Panther said:

Am I the only one too sense to know why the steve reference?

Nope, I have no idea what they're going for either...  

I always thought a thousand bucks was one racing unit (1RU). 

03Panther said:

Am I the only one too sense to know why the steve reference?

You are not alone. It's a new one to me, too.

I think at 10,500 firm the seller will be keeping it for a very long time while it deteriorates even more. It's rough enough on the outside and with the engine cover not shutting all the way that I cringe what was done to do the swap

It's not worth that much IMO, but I think that's a cool looking tiny car and w/ a hot VW motor it would be kinda silly. 

If we're day-dreaming a bike engine would be REALLY silly 

Steve reference: poster "A Miata Named Steve" says....."$1k. Or by my reckoning, 1 Steve (the blue Miata in my profile pic). I bought that car for a grand in college and it's been the yardstick by which I measure all other purchases ever since"

SV reX said:

In reply to eastsideTim :

I'd value it less. 
 

I don't think the VW engine adds value. I think it detracts. 

Agreed, would definitely be worth less than a stock one in similar condition.

If you're going to alter a car, there's gotta be  a better choice for power to weight.