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Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:47 pm

I just found out that my bus had a Sportsmobile interior. I was wondering if anybody had any good pictures of the interior. I have seen what is in thesamba’s archives. But I am looking for real pictures of a restored sportsmobile. I am also looking for a way to get that interior for my bus to keep it OG, anybody know where to get it?

Thanks for the help. Love reading posts about everything going on.

Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:10 pm

12 seconds with google turns up this:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archive/lit/67sportsmobile.php

Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:27 pm

Amazing!!!!!

But does anybody know of a place to buy the interior?

Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:40 pm

I have seen relatively few split window sportsmobile campers, most being 66 or 67. I think I can count them on one hand. They are not very common and usually have the interiors destroyed or missing. There's an ad in the gallery about sportsmobile's having removable interior for use as camping furniture.

Your best bet would be posting a wanted ad in the classifieds or trying to find a complete but wrecked / rusty sportsmobile camper to use as a parts bus.

Good luck, and post pictures of your progress and the completed project.

Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:54 pm

I have some pics in my gallery of my 65 Sportswagen/Sportmobile made by Travel Equipment. Not sure if that is the model interior you have.

Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:07 pm

Hbfish66 wrote: I am also looking for a way to get that interior for my bus to keep it OG, anybody know where to get it?

Sportsmobile is a US company, based out of Texas. There's nothing OG about it. Your bus would have been converted after it came to the states. So "OG" would be with the interior /removed/ ;)

If you're looking for one, you basically need to hunt classifieds, ebay, craigslist, VW swap meets, etc. Post a wanted ad, too.

Also, try backtracking through the past owners of the bus and locate the owner who removed the kit....maybe you'll get lucky and it's still sitting in his attic/garage/basement/warehouse. These things still happen, but you have to look! :)

Another option would be to contact Sportsmobile and see if they'd be willing to reproduce a new interior for you (they still do camper conversions). It's possible that they have records that might lead you to the original owner, too. At least, it's worth a shot...

http://www.sportsmobile.com/

Good luck (and have fun!) with the hunt!

Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:25 pm

You could also just look at what it was before and make your own camper ressembling it but with your own personal "finish". 8)

Kool though that looks, I'd rather take the Jeep for offroading along with the Dormy when camping in the desert. I don't really need a kitchen/bed and all the stuff in the camper while going up and down them rocks. :?

Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:33 pm

Pyro,
I believe "Dormy" should be in bold type, correct?

Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:38 pm

Major Woody wrote: Pyro,
I believe "Dormy" should be in bold type, correct?

Nope! Though it has some phat attributes, it isn't by a long shot! :P

The Plump Truck on the other hand... 8-[

Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:36 am

Heres a friends 61 Sporstmobile. Sportsmobile actually has a shop here in town and they have a 63 in their showroon right now.

Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:43 am

Bryan67 wrote: Sportsmobile actually has a shop here in town and they have a 63 in their showroon right now.

Pix? :?

Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:03 am

Haven`t had a chance to visit yet. One of the bigwigs from the shop here came by my work and told me about it. He said someone from the company pulled up next to it in Huntington beach at a light. The owner had a for sale sign in it so he bought it. I`ll get over there eventually. He also said they had a bunch of photos and stuff too.

Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:08 am

Bryan67 wrote: Haven`t had a chance to visit yet. One of the bigwigs from the shop here came by my work and told me about it. He said someone from the company pulled up next to it in Huntington beach at a light. The owner had a for sale sign in it so he bought it. I`ll get over there eventually. He also said they had a bunch of photos and stuff too.

If you do, would you mind getting contact info and/or gather all possible info to do a spread in our club's newsletter? :?

All that sounds ultra kool! 8)

Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:00 pm

Bryan67 wrote: Heres a friends 61 Sporstmobile. Sportsmobile actually has a shop here in town and they have a 63 in their showroon right now.

I too would would like to see more Sportmobile pixs.
I can not figure out this 61s interior layout. There are cushions laying around but no seats really.

Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:19 am

i have a 66 sportsmobile here. we are trying also to find the rest of the interior. the majority of it is still there but missing a few things.

i will get some pics up later.

Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:31 am

Tribal Bus (Louis) has the interior from my 65 sportsmobile in his bus.