The '72 only photos thread

nezz · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:54 am Post subject: The '72 only photos thread

made a research and didn´t find any thread concerning the '72 model only. so here it goes

if that already exists, please remove this one

mine is an european model, came from Netherlands in 1983. I´m the third owner here in Portugal

as I bought it (October 2003)

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and now

so be free to put your '72 model photos Very Happy

babysnakes · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:19 pm Post subject:

That was her a year ago."RDNZL"
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grimace007 · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:54 pm Post subject:

here is my 72 when i got her
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and here she is after a bit of buffing
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and here is another of her in Galveston, TX
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right now im getting ready to strip it down and get the body work done then re-paint it sierra yellow.. after the paint on to interior!
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busmania · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:16 pm Post subject:

Heres a thread I started that got moved to the readers ride section. In my opinion, because sierra yellow is mainly a bus color, and the only pictures on the thread are baywindow buses, it should have stayed in this forum so people would actually see it. My point was to make a sierra yellow bus thread. Now it has gotten no love in its current spot. Sad

Lots of 72s in here!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=401170&highlight=

busmania · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:18 pm Post subject:

and my old 72. Greatest year of the bay window bus IMO. Excellent body lines and bumpers AND the TYPE IV engine. For those of you about to say "yeah, but it has no engine hatch", I never found that to be a problem, just an annoyance!

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rustbus · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:37 pm Post subject:

Oh Im in on this!

Good call on the thread. I dont know of any other threads so hopefully this one sticks. (course I havent searched)

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and heres my thread on the old girl. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4071250#4071250 May of '72 was originally sierra, my bad for changing the color. it was pretty beat, so, yeah. that was a long time ago, before these things started getting harder to find, I had no idea what I had, all i knew is that it looked cool, and simple enough I was able to get it running with no instructions at all.
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mattyd · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:17 pm Post subject:

My ex Yreka CA '72

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khh48 · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:19 pm Post subject:

Here is my 72 westy
when i found her.
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After 5 months of work. The car wasnt finished and had only driven it 50 km before we packed it up for holiday and took it for a 2000 km testrun. It was my wife, our ten months old son, 6 year old nephev, our dog and me.

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CvdH · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:34 pm Post subject:

Heres some pics of my bus :

as she is:
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What i want to turn her into:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=650742

I'm waiting on a fuel pump rebuild kit hopefully it will come in next week so i can get her running Very Happy

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germansupplyscott · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:34 pm Post subject:

cr@M · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject:

Hell yeah I'm in on this!

When i first bought her:

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After buffing and new tires:

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(I use this pic a lot, i know)
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busdaddy · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject:

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nezz · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:58 pm Post subject:

1977_L63H_P27 · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject:

Here's my old '72 on it's way to it's new owner.
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I still like the one year only stuff about that bus. Peace!
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nezz · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:34 pm Post subject:

even in this one year only model still remain diferences

august-december '71

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january-july '72

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grimace007 · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject:

absolutley right nezz, my bus is a sept 72 Wink

i love the earlier style bumpers but woulda taken any 72 as solid as the tintop i ended up with
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Then

Now

Some less than obvious items in there was a new motor and carbs, new front seat upholstery, door and kick panels, wood floor, house battery and lighting, new canvas on the upper fold out cot and pop top tent, 2nd jalousie window, new curtains, icebox, repainted pop top, new wheel cylinders
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chimneyfish · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:38 pm Post subject:

My 1972 Devon, I owned her 11 years and we had been all over Europe together, picture taken in 2005 just before she left forever with her new owner.......... Crying or Very sad

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1977_L63H_P27 · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:21 pm Post subject:

grimace007 · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:30 pm Post subject:

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