New BD wreck in our barn... (1950)

BENTYL

Here some pics on our new BD (oct-1950).

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For more pics see the gallery. Smile

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RockStock · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:45 pm Post subject:

may sound funny, but looks totally decent!

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kombicol · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject:

Damn! right hand drive too?

1low65 · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:46 pm Post subject:

can i have one of those splits? nice bd.

Jer*Fab · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject:

LHD with left side loading doors.

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barndoorbarnfind · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject:

Oh! so it was a 50 after all the stolen bus Very Happy

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Barndoor51 · Samba Member Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 66

nice!
One more Kleinbus Very Happy

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streetwagens · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:36 am Post subject:

Beautiful find!!!! Well done, look forward to seeing the progress! Cool

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Scotty · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:13 am Post subject:

Good stuff! Did the lights go missing before you got hold of it?
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Lowdown Dirty Rat · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:59 am Post subject:

Wicked!!
I remember posting about this pic years ago. Nice to know it has survived.

BENTYL · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject:

Thank you! Smile

The story behind the bus:
It has for many years been in the woods here in northern Sweden and where used as a hunting cabin. (Hole in the roof for chimney) The bus was slaughtered on their parts. Some (including instrument) would possibly go to England.
A few years ago when it still stood in the forest, the bus unfortunately was given to two different people from the landowner and his son. One of those lokal vw fans go there and secured some parts, including the ID tag. (Possibly taillights and decklid too, as they still were on the discovery pictures) But when they finaly go to get the bus, the other person has already took it. The other thought that someone stole the bus and spread out that it was stolen. After a while it turned out that it was all an unfortunate misunderstanding, because the landowners had give it to two diffrent persons.
Then the two fail to agree, when the new owner valued the bus's value higher than the other. (The other one already had a great feb-51 bus)

In this summer the owner contacted me and my brother and asked if we were intrested to make a trade. We were a little hesitant, when we knew the previous problem, but when it was a 1950 and the "second owner" had the chance to make a deal and dident do that, it was hard to say no ...
We swoped against two other split buses (a regular and a samba 21 w).

It may look great in the pictures but it is much, much work to make it executable. Rusty to the floor and many parts are missing. I have had contact with the other "owner" who secured the ID-tag and he had no hard feelings and promised us that we will got the id-tag. Smile

I also hope that he has the decklid and the taillights. Does anyone know where the rest of the parts had gone, I am very interested to buy / swop them back! (Of course, at market value) / / B
(Sorry for my english, hope you understand, the text translated by Google) Wink

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73sports · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject:

That english was easier to understand than a lot of the people you run into that have lived in the US since birth! Cool story.
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tstracy39 · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject:

sweet. Your pm inbox must be full of offers by now. Nice collection you've got there.
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billybob57 · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:45 pm Post subject:

Very cool story!!!! also like the looks of whats in ur barn... Laughing

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Quintus · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:56 am Post subject:

Cool bus and great story..
Looking forward to see this one saved..
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j.pickens · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject:

Earliest known LHD/LHDoor bus?
What's with all the left hand cargo door buses in Sweden?
I know they changed from RHD to LHD in 1967, but why didn't they have alot of RHD buses?
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