Just won auction for 1977 Westy!

[bbrowncods]

Well it has been a couple of weeks since I won it. A little intro of myself would be in order here. I'm in my 50's and grew up working on VW's. My dad at one point had about 10 different ones! Wish I had them now.
My son (29) has a Green '77 Westy like this one that he is restoring, and he told me about this one. The idea was that it would be in horrible condition and I could get it for 500 and he could use the "two to make one" type of thing.
Well when I went, this is what I found!

Even had 3 boxes of new parts and a new pop top canvas from Bus Depot!

Interior is almost perfect. All tables are there.

No rust.

So it eventually came down to me and one other guy in a bidding war. I won. I put a new battery in it and checked the fuel lines. Someone had done the hard fuel line mod through the engine tin, and converted it to single carb. Started up and I drove it around the block. I still need to do a tune up/valve adjustment. Checked the compression 1-151, 2-154, 3-150, 4-150.
I am pretty stoked!
Should I say how much or that pretentious?

[Buscowboy]

Nice score! All it needs is a good buff job. Totally up to you if you want to mention the price. Enjoy your Westy.
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[busdaddy]

That's a clean looking bus for your part of the country, nice score.

Don't do anything drastic until you've replaced all the fuel lines, fire sucks. You may also want to ask a moderator to move this to the baywindow forum.
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[G-wood Todd]

Congrats. That's a clean looking camper. As mentioned above, that paint should buff out nicely. Enjoy.
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[grplasa]

Man, that's a great auction piece, you rocked out!

[16CVs]

So tell us ,what did you pay for it ?

Stacy
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