1965 westfalia so-35 flipseat

[oakman]

Here are the M-Codes:

August 26

367: package including: m-361 plus m-20, m-24, m-90, m-142, m-175

m-361 package including: m-168, m-181, m-192, m-199

m-20: mph speedometer
m-24: sealed beam headlights, red taillight lenses
m-90: safety glass windshield
m-142: sliding door both sides???
m-175: overriders all models
m-168: 88 amp hour battery up to chassis#216190000
m-181: chrome hubcaps
m-192: body ready to be outfitted as a camper
m-199: swivel driver's seat (also used on flipseat westfalia campers)

m-056: steering/ignition lock
m-119: Eberspacher bn4 gas heater
m-139: sealed beam headlights, red taillight lenses
m-796: ?? (seen on U.S. '65 single cab,'65 swedish military DD sunroof kombi, '65 swedish model 263 singlecab, 2 french '65 kombis, '65 export model so-35 westy)

no port code: German delivery

523643: paint code as follows: 5=export model, 23=kombi 643=blue white over velvet green (seen on German delivery export '65 Dormobile)

[oakman]

Here is a comparison of the odd Westy fabrics. I really wanted to keep this bus as original as possible but I have exhausted my search for anything close.

my so-35:

so-23 walkthrough pic from the gallery:

They both have the same color green threads.

[oakman]

In my attempt to document this westy before I "tear into it", I decided to try setting up the privvy tent and getting a few shots. When I first saw the bus, all the poles were inside but no tent. The day we picked it up, we were able to search around the property and found the privvy tent in a shed. Unfortunately the tent had been outside in the elements and is in very poor shape.

I've never set one of these up before but luckily I have the owner's manual with the instructions.

I also found this, jack bag possibly?? It's in poor shape too and I can see where it once had a strap sewed on the open end side.

[EverettB]

Your tent doesn't seem to be too bad to me, I have seen much worse.
Especially for a yellow/grey one, I think those are less common?

The jack you posted was usually used only up to 1963 but if it was in there, you never know...
Split Buses didn't have jack bags from what I have seen, the jack were just stored loose under the front seat so maybe someone made it?
It looks perfect for the jack.
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[oakman]

^^^^Thanks abuspilot!

[Z]

Great bus....any bus find/resurrection thread is awesome, but camper ones are the best!

[katastrophenshutzwagen]

Wonderful. Just wonderful.
Well done.

[Big Bill]

Too bad about the tent itself. But on the bright side, nice to see a complete tent frame and mounting brackets. This thing just keeps getting better and better I love what I am driving now but a hatch top Westy of some sort is my Bucket List Bus

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[jjjjack]

I wonder if you could find a way to gently attach a bit of weight around the perimeter of the top and let it sit for a while (weeks/month), if it would eventually settle/stretch enough that you could get the rear crossbow in place? I'm thinking of some 8' long 1" x 1" wood strips sandwiching the edge and held in place with some clamps. Then maybe attach some barbell weights tied to that with string.

Just thinking....

I spy a nice chandelier in there
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[Clara]

I have stretched shrunken tents by soaking them with a hose and letting them dry on the frame.
Actually got a tent from a guy who sold his bus 20 years before, we picked it up on the way to a show. Set it up at the show and the canvas was too small for the poles that came with it. Turned out the poles I had with me for the tent I brought with were a little smaller and I could stretch the new white and dark red canvas over the old frame. It was very tight and bowed the poles in. So when we got home I set it up in the front yard on the slightly smaller poles, soaked it with a hose, and let it dry. Then it was not as tight.
So I unscrewed the poles a little ( the ones that go out from the sides were all the way in) and soaked it again, and let it dry again.

Then it relaxed some more, and I was able to set it up with the poles that came with it, and soak and dry a third time.

This fabric was in very good shape and really heavy and strong. With soft or ripped fabric I'd expect it would just rip.

If my tent gets wet, I let it dry thoroughly before taking it down. That doesn't always work, cause sometimes it rains. If a strong wind comes up, Greg likes to take the tent down.
If I have to take it down wet, I set it up in the garage when I get home and let it dry inside.
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[RHD Notch]

Great bus Brandon! Really nice that THIS bus ended up with you. I know this thread will be an awesome follow In addition to doing your buses right, your thread content is always very informative and inspirational for me and with great pics...

I've got to ask, who saw the ragtop first in Morro Bay...you or your dad? I'm inclined to think your dad is the hunter in the family.
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[j.pickens]

This is my current favorite thread.
Keep up the good work and photos!
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[oakman]

^^^^Thank you J.pickens! ^^^ It's going to be a long process but I will see it through.

[oakman]

The previous owner's family was kind enough to send me these pictures. I couldn't believe that smashed corner shot! I'm blown away by the repair that was done to it, from inside you can barely tell any damage had occurred. Also in the lower right photo you can see the spare tire table mount being used. Strange it appears the table has the gold trim like what the so-23's used. Also by this point in time the nose had been re-painted. The green was not matched very well. It has a very thin skim of bondo around the passenger headlight area which is checked now after decades in the elements. I would guesstimate these photos to be late 70's- early 80's judging by the two new looking motorcycles in the upper left picture.

[xavi_242]

Nice Bus, and cool period pics!
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