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bjeles Samba Member
Joined: September 13, 2005 Posts: 139 Location: Davison Michigan
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject: Survivor '65 Westy |
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East cost Survivor. Bought brand new in UN (New York) then brought to MI (by his nephew who inherited it and tucked it away) when the original owner passed away has not been on the road since 1995 in NY.
This one is original, motor, paint, interior. Missing the roof rack has all tent poles but no material but does have two awnings and their poles for above the cargo doors. Luckily I have a correct roof rack and a bay drive away tent.
This is as close to 0 rust as you are going to find here, it is cleaner than my AZ double cab.
Here is the bus as found the owner towed it out of the back corner of his barn.
Here it is safely at my house:
Original interior
Here is a quick one of the underside
Please do not use my pictures I will post in this thread without my permission.
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BulliBill Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2004 Posts: 4554 Location: St Charles, MO
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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I think I saw an ad today in the classifieds (search "west") for a tent without the poles... perhaps a match made in heaven??? Holy Shit! Those are the original "early" SO-42 curtains!!! Awesome!
Bill _________________ I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help!
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tyzel Samba Member
Joined: July 04, 2010 Posts: 445
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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That thing is bad ass,nice! Thanks for sharing, have fun with it! |
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67 Shane Samba Member
Joined: September 05, 2007 Posts: 1080 Location: Losing my mind in Charlotte, N.C.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet!!!!
Please take a million pictures of every angle and post em up. Im doing an SO42 for my girlfriend as a gift and would love to get as many photos as possible to use for our project.
Your Bus is beautiful and a great find. Congrats. _________________ -OstKüste-
67 Euro Type 1.
67 SO-42 Westfalia |
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j.pickens Samba Member
Joined: December 03, 2002 Posts: 9787 Location: Exit 7, New Jersey
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Yowza!
Based on the condition of that front seat, I'm betting the clock hasn't turned over on this bus.
What's the odometer say? _________________ Founder and Chairman Emeritus, ECMSAS
BBX BBXII and BBXXI Long Distance Award Winner
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bjeles Samba Member
Joined: September 13, 2005 Posts: 139 Location: Davison Michigan
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Odometer is 72K and confirmed and documented original. |
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///Mink Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2000 Posts: 5051 Location: Fair Oaks, CA
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: Survivor Westy |
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bjeles wrote: |
Here it is safely at my house:
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Truck, Pearl White SO-42 Westy, orange Thing in your garage. Why does that look familiar? Oh yeah, now I remember...
Nice score, BTW! |
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campingbox Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2000 Posts: 10191 Location: Petaluma, CA
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Gorgeous. If you plan to pass it on please PM me. |
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bjeles Samba Member
Joined: September 13, 2005 Posts: 139 Location: Davison Michigan
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool, just on the other side of the country right!
If you look carefully my double is wearing the westy rack and has been for years time to put it on something more appropriate. |
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///Mink Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2000 Posts: 5051 Location: Fair Oaks, CA
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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bjeles wrote: |
Very cool, just on the other side of the country right!
If you look carefully my double is wearing the westy rack and has been for years time to put it on something more appropriate. |
Congrats again - that Westy looks incredible. Is the spare tire mounted to the bumper or nose? |
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Clara Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12379
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:58 pm Post subject: Re: Survivor Westy |
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beauty! I bet you're smiling!
x2 on lots of interior pictures.
what is the fabrik nr on the tag on the bed stand? less than 666
check out/join the registry on SO-42.com _________________ The Obsolete Air-Cooled Documentation Project http://oacdp.org/ |
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bjeles Samba Member
Joined: September 13, 2005 Posts: 139 Location: Davison Michigan
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Tag on the bed is 655.
Yes smiling but I paid very dearly for this bus the owner knew what he had and wasn't budging. But luckily for me I have never seen a nicer original it was still well worth it.
Oops on the tent material it is there, what I thought was just an awning folded out to a massive tent, guess I'm slipping. |
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Clara Samba Member
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66busman Samba Motorcyclist
Joined: September 14, 2006 Posts: 1166 Location: Madison, Wisconsin
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, more pictures, please. Amazing score! _________________ '66 SO-42
'73 Bay
'75 Type 181 |
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earlywesty Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2004 Posts: 2356 Location: In the woods, Ontario
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:22 am Post subject: |
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Wow...nice find! |
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5498 Location: 1st Coast
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bjeles Samba Member
Joined: September 13, 2005 Posts: 139 Location: Davison Michigan
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:51 am Post subject: |
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Good deal on the cutains I had never seen that material before.
Spare tire is mounted to the front bumper with a galvanized steel bracket with clamps, owner stated that was their from day 1 when his uncle purchased the van. I will pull M-codes tonight I checked that it is a B42.
Here is some morning eye candy.
Just dirt under the matt on this one
This is how dusty dirty it is in all the pictures just had to get up close for my camera to show this, owner says it has never been washed take that for what its worth I guess its getting cleaned tonight.
And tool kit,
Their are a bunch of old road flairs in the bus too. |
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bugjuice82 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2005 Posts: 356 Location: Southeast Michigan
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:04 am Post subject: |
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OMG Ben...
Can I come over and help you wash it? Do you need help getting it running well? If it has been stored for that long, think about fuel lines/tank cleaning, carb rebuild, gear lube change and tires(I'm sure that you have the tires covered)
That westy is Schweeet!
Congrats my friend. Now go to work so you can pay for that beauty.
I bet you can't wait to get home to fondle your new find!
I'm off work on Thursday if you want some company...
I'm ready for tires on the crusty scab when u are. _________________ 67 Cal Look Beetle
82 Vanagon Westy
14 tdi jetta wagon
and a dog named Indy
See my ad's
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php?username=bugjuice82 |
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bugcollections Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2007 Posts: 795 Location: Texas
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:22 am Post subject: so-42 |
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Awesome find. Probably the nicest original westy with that early fabrik #in existence. Protect those curtains at all costs. I had a westy for several years with fabrik # 666 that still had its original curtains just like those. I thought it was probably the only westy in existence with those early curtains. I have been proven wrong. As noted earlier, those curtains stopped at #667. They make your westy super rare and unique. Now I can say there are probably only two westies in the world with those curtains. Here is a photo of mine taken a couple of years ago.
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revho Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2010 Posts: 49 Location: beaverdam
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:56 am Post subject: |
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Congrats on finding what you were looking for. Hope you can bring it out to a west MI show in the next year or two. We would all love to see it.
Kevin |
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