TheSamba.com :: View topic - Double Door Walk-Thru ?

Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:14 pm

What’s more uncommon or rare, a 59 -63 double door walk-thru or a 64 -67 double door walk-thru. Any helpful input is appreciated.
Thanks

Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:43 pm

Hi Ragtop,
Would think the earlier is less available. Check the vintagebus.com registry for what is listed there and how many.

Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:17 pm

I think YOU posting on Samba is more rare :wink:

Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:57 pm

They made more double doors in 59-63. So in theory 64-67 would be more uncommon.

Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:10 pm

Maybe so, but the 59-63 wins hands down for coolness..

Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:04 pm

IRGreg wrote: They made more double doors in 59-63. So in theory 64-67 would be more uncommon.

Thanks Greg
I always thought the earlier were more uncommon, but I've been told the same as your comment by a few persons. I own both a 58 double door panel and a 65 double door walk-thru sundial

Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:15 am

what about a '59 (or any year for that matter) double door walkthrough panel...? how rare would that be?

Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:38 pm

I think the earlier walk throughs were hard to find. Especially in a DDP.

Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:02 pm

62type3square wrote: I think the earlier walk throughs were hard to find. Especially in a DDP.

Well, how many pre 63 DDs do you see and how many post 63 DDs do you see.

personally I have never seen a DD walkthrough, In my travels ive seen a dozanish pre 63DDs and 1 post.

Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:29 am

VW Howard has had 4 DD walkthroughs 58, 61, 62, 63/64
JP has 2 DD walkthroughs
Kerry has/had a 62 DD wt
I have 3 DD (but no walkthroughs) 56,57 and 60

Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:43 am

NAES has a '59DDWT panel :wink:

and I saw a '58DDWT panel at OCTO. It was the pimped out midnight blue one with tweed interior, chromed big bumpers with no overriders and a '67 decklid.

Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:54 am

For Panels, I've seen way more 58-63 DD walk-throughs than 64-67.

Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:54 am

i got a 59 DD 11 window (not walk through)

Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:42 pm

I have a 58 DD

A fiend of mine has a 56 DD

And another friend has a 59 DD and a 65 DD

Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:53 pm

So then its safe to say that the 64-67 double door walk-thru is more uncommen?

Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:10 pm

What about the 67 DD sliders? Is that the king of all rare DD's??

Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:28 pm

As per Lind:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137844

Quote: panels were the model that was most likely to be either a walk through or more importantly a doubledoor.

in my opinion:

any doubledoor that is not a panel is rare.
any pre '57 doubledoor panel is rare.
any pre '58 walk through panel is rare.
any pre '59 walk through that is not a panel is rare

'58 walk through panels are borderline rare

'59 and later doubledoor walk through panels are uncommon (5%-10%)
'59 and later walk through panels are somewhat uncommon (10%-30%)
'57 and later doubledoor panels are common (20%-40%)
'63 and later panels (uncut for camper windows) are much less common than '58-'62 panels.

I am just estimating off the top of my head from the thousands of buses that I have seen over the years in my travels and on the internet.

The twist seems to be that pre-61 walk thru buses (of whatever type) are fairly uncommon to begin with. A later walk-thru is not uncommon at all....unless it is a double door bus???

Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:52 am

If your looking at it strictly from a Double Door stand point, there are more 59-63 then 64-67

The only way to really solve this is to see actual production #s of DD and DD w/t

Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:18 pm

DD's kick ass! I have 3 - 58, 59, 61. 59 and 61 are DDWT. I like to line them up and just look through all the open doors. Sometimes I'll load a couch in sideways and cruise the 'hood lookin for attention :) Sounds like vw howard beat me though, better get lookin for a couple more!

Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:55 am

here locally there is a '58 ddwt with windows in both forward cargo doors from the factory-does that qualify as rare-just in the last few years i've found 2 regular panels with windows in the forward cargo door...are these very common??? there's also a dd swivel just a little north of me more towards linds neck of the woods...same guy has a swr swivel kombi...