New members looking for help
 

We have just joined this site and need some advice:
Please treat us as novices ! - Just seen a Beetle for sale - 1973 - bright pink ! looks in good condition but we are not sure what we are looking for.
Says there are 40000 miles on the clock ! 36 years old with 40000 ? price is £2000 - area is Cheshire - what do we look for ? Is this a collectors item & if so what would you say it is worth - Do they kep their values ? - In short any help at all on this would be helpful
Any one know an engineer who would look it over for a fe