How rare is a RHD zwitter?

1960bus · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject: How rare is a RHD zwitter?

I'm going to look at a RHD zwitter tomorrow. How rare are they? Are zwitters still just viewed as a poor man's split?
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1960 RHD Deluxe Microbus
1966 RHD Devon Kombi

Bruce · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: How rare is a RHD zwitter?

1960bus · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject:

So not worth bothering with for 5700 dollars?
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1966 RHD Devon Kombi

Bruce · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject:

Why would you care what other people think? If you like the car, buy it.

How much rust does it have? How beat up is it?
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1960bus · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject:

I'm trying to guage what to pay. I would drive the car if I liked it. I think it's pretty rare to see rhd split windows even if it is a zwitter, which attracts me to owning it more that if it were a LHD zwitter. It has no rust just dull paint I've been told. The car is running and driving but needs work.
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1958 Ghia Vert
1960 RHD Deluxe Microbus
1966 RHD Devon Kombi

johnshenry · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject:

1960bus · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject:

The seller told me it has been dry stored since it was imported from Sri Lanka 10 years ago, so he may be right. I'll post some pics tomorrow.
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1960 RHD Deluxe Microbus
1966 RHD Devon Kombi

ProjectX · Accessory Nut Joined: May 01, 2006 Posts: 1014

A real RHD zwitter would be quite rare. Post good pics of the dash... only 36 or so RHD 53's were exported to Australia, so there weren't really many RHD 53 ovals at all. Zwitter RHD production is probably even lower....
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bwaz · Samba Member Joined: August 24, 2004 Posts: 1811

worth every cent to be able to get the ribbing from the "real Split" owners
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john7 · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject:

i say if you like it get it.
i personally like my zwitter better than any of my early splits that i own or have owned in the past.
the double dash and the popes nose just dont do it for me. yes, the zwitter is basically an oval with a split rear window and a bunch of bastard one year parts on it.
as for being a poor mans split. well i have around $30k in my zwitter
and im not sure how much i have in the 51-52 baja.

i have a good chunk of change in the 52 and i havent even started restoring it yet(yes i said restoring, going all stock with that one)
just remember that every missing part on a pre zwitter split is gonna cost you
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1960bus · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:42 am Post subject:

The car had no rust but it had been welded along the door bottom, rear quarters, underside of heater channels, the back part of the pans. The welding from the backside of the doors looked like very neat butt welds done with gas. The rear wings and lights were wrong. The black respray paint was crazed and peeling in places underneath looks like sand beige. The chassis number was not readable but seemed to be there. The dash has the zwitter ashtray and seems to be original so it looks like a RHD. The car is missing the rear window trims and one rear quarter trim. It has a broken semphore and replacement interior covers. As far as I have heard there are two other RHD zwitters that are known so far bus I'd guess theres quite a few more.
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1958 Ghia Vert
1960 RHD Deluxe Microbus
1966 RHD Devon Kombi

hoffvw · Samba Member Joined: June 20, 2001 Posts: 162

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Is this one of the known ones you mention?

1960bus · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:09 am Post subject:

I don't think it is. Do you know who's car this is and if it is an original ragtop?
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1958 Ghia Vert
1960 RHD Deluxe Microbus
1966 RHD Devon Kombi

hoffvw · Samba Member Joined: June 20, 2001 Posts: 162

I know who's car it is, but I don't have many details. I think it spent the majority of its life in South America, if I remember correctly. It was in VW Trends quite a while back. If I get time this evening I'll scan in the article.

hoffvw · Samba Member Joined: June 20, 2001 Posts: 162

I was mistaken about South America, but this zwitter is well travelled. Read the article, it has a lot of details.

madjoiner · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject:

I'm lead to believe that 77000 zwitters were produced ,
does anyone have an idea how many RHD zwitters were produced?

Bruce · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:13 pm Post subject:

Just under 58k Zwitters were made.
Nobody knows how many RHD ones were made because VW didn't keep track of that. Same thing applies to a sunroof car.
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madjoiner · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject:

So the RHD zwitter in my garage is a rare car?
Roughly how many could have been RHD of the 58k?

Bruce · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

Sunroof53 · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject: One and only

Thats the only RHD sunroof zwitter i have ever seen, and i have been into VWs for the last 25years .There was a thread on finding a rhd sunroof zwitter a while back and nothing showed up.Fantastic car Very Happy


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