1976 Canadian Delivery Commercial Panel Bus

[notchboy]

This is what was there.

And then covered by a belly pan.

Yes most of the buses sent to the North Americas have a heated rear window as standard. If there was a case to see it deleted - it would be in a commercial bus. Mine has the defrost rear window.
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[Nepenthe88]

This an awesome bus! And now I want me some belly pans...
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a Black & Blue Su-BUS-aroo

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[notchboy]

So I bought a new house - yeah! No more disposable income. I love the new place but dayum. I sure dont like the moving. To top it all off, we kept the other home and rented. So that all had to be dealt with on top of it all. We are now coming out the other side of the moving madness finally.

One of the best things ever was using this bus for what its intended. Hauling

The new home isnt to far from the old so this little bus proved invaluable for lots of runs back and forth. I may put all projects on hold so I can pull the motor - detail clean and fix the eberspacher. The bus deserves it!

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[Xevin]

Nice! Congratulations on the new house
Dig that that blue panel. Kind of miss the ridiculous
Teddy Bear paint job. That was over the top. So bad it was good.
The blue is proper though. Good luck with the move.

[notchboy]

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[1967250s]

[quote="notchboy"]This is what was there.

Can someone describe all that stuff under there? I have a '72 and don't have any of that crap. Does any of it help the heat?
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'72 Elm Green Deluxe

[Zelten]

That middle rectangle box is a BA6 gas heater. I don't believe 72 came with a BA6 but could have came with a BA4 heater that was located in the engine bay. But both were optional not a standard item.
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1978 Delux Campmobile
03 Jetta TDI
15 Q7 TDI

[notchboy]

Yep. That is a BA6 Eberspacher Gas Heater. A very optional accessory. It is meant to heat you up more so than the motor can. It came out in 74 I believe and went through the Vanagon Era. If your Bus had an optional heater in 72 it would of been a BN4.

I was lucky to find a panel with this heater on it from the factory. One of the reasons I bought it. I have yet to actually get the thing running - but its all there.
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[Zelten]

Jason, are those pictures from under your bus? Is that belly pan steel? It almost looks fiberglass in those pictures.
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1978 Delux Campmobile
03 Jetta TDI
15 Q7 TDI

[notchboy]

That's someone else's pic. But mine looks exactly like that. Yes the pan is steel.
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[notchboy]

Not much on improvement. Biggest hing was the hangers for the seat belts Looking slick

I did get a goofy light for the top when I use the bus for emergency services.


Link

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[notchboy]

Didn't get the gas heater working so I plugged the clock in instead. Perfect time!

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[Xevin]

Was the clock in the bus when you bought it? Or did you pull that out of the "Toy box"?
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Keep on Busin'

[Xevin]

Thought you might like this

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Keep on Busin'

[notchboy]

[Xevin]

Buddy. Sorry to drop this on your thread. I know you can appreciate seeing
Two NBs, in two days
Don't worry about that jank mirror on Rusty.
DaleNW gave me his hand me downs.

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Keep on Busin'

[DONGKG]

You're not busy toying with your buses, are you, buddy Jason?
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'67 KG Cabrio (Mickey) ;
'66 Type 3 (Sharky 2)
'72 Type 2 Homey
'67 Splitty Bus
'65 beetle;'69 Country Buggy; '44 Kubelwagen (replica) TOOB MEMBER #20

[notchboy]

To busy working lately
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[notchboy]

Getting cold. Shot the BA6 in Thermal imaging mode

Link

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[eche_bus]

That FLIR video was really interesting to see. Thanks for sharing!