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Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:28 pm

Has someone seen a Bus like this one before :o ??

http://www.bugnet.de/markt/marktbild.pl?97797

Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:53 pm

Nope. Judging from looks underneath and further details it clearly seems to be a Wolfsburg pre 55, somewhat reworked by an ingenious (probably east of iron curtain) owner (lights, engine lid)

Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:15 pm

I may be mistaken, but wasn't this external gas filler a very early feature, like prototype? I know this was the case on some early Type 1s. So, added or OG? :shock:

Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:46 pm

the 49 proto type had a similar filler location however had vertical cooling vents and offset jack points

Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:07 pm

Rick wrote: I may be mistaken, but wasn't this external gas filler a very early feature, like prototype? I know this was the case on some early Type 1s. So, added or OG? :shock:

Ooooh, it's "frenched" in. Very 1980/90s.

Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:44 pm

The car is "just" a 1952 modell, which is modified during its time in the GDR. The 49-prototypes have vertical loofers, a different roff in the rear and some other strange details, which are different to the 1950 serial version. The crazy hadlamps are used from a "Barkas 1000" in reason that it was very difficult and expensive to get original ones after the wall was built. Without these details, the car looks very solid!

Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:08 am

I heard about this bus some month ago. Now i see the first pics of this bus.
As Björn wrote, it´s a 1952 bus, with a lot of modifications taken in the east of germany. Maybe one day a real 1949´s bus will be found.... :lol:

Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:48 am

Quote: For sale more interesting original bus! The bus was created in 1990 by a gentlemen in Leipzig erworben.Mehr to this story in the book (The Volkswagen Bus Book) Editor: VW Bus Club Koblenz.de car is pictured on page 242nd
Sales to bid! If intrested or questions 0172/5753881

sorry guys, customized, not OG work.