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Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:34 pm

id sell it if i were you.

mike is it for sale yet?

want me and travis to go get it?

Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:41 pm

Thanks for the comments. yes it is an OG standard sunroof, it does have masonite over the skylight holes.

My son and unclebob will be going to pick it up this weekend and bring it home for me.

I dont know how old the logo's are but I dont believe the capital pub is still in operation and it hasnt been for about 20 years.

I Guess finding and purchasing this is my good Karma for spending this time over here in the desert.

Dave, I'll give you a sout when I get back and we can have a beer and drool on the bus.

Wooo Hoooo I am very Happy.

Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:44 pm

Geez, Dude, you do better finding buses while over in the sandbox than I do here in the States. Sweet find.

Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:46 pm

wasn't that the bus that was for sale in the panhandle about a year and a half ago?in a shop's back yard?cool bus ,wrong decklid..

Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:24 pm

gatorwyatt wrote: wasn't that the bus that was for sale in the panhandle about a year and a half ago?in a shop's back yard?cool bus ,wrong decklid..
That decklid looks right to me....unless it's a late '57 or very early '58.

Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:22 pm

Yes it came out of the panhandle.

Jdot, I had been looking for something cool to build for a while, just happened to be while over here Usually I cant find shit.

Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:35 pm

Was this the super secret type 2 you were all hush hush about in Chat the other day? Nice bus.

Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:58 am

campingbox wrote: [quot="gatorwyatt"]wasn't that the bus that was for sale in the panhandle about a year and a half ago?in a shop's back yard?cool bus ,wrong decklid.??.
That decklid looks right to me....unless it's a late '57 or very early '58.[/quote]

there i fixed it

Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:42 am

gatorwyatt wrote: campingbox wrote: [quot="gatorwyatt"]wasn't that the bus that was for sale in the panhandle about a year and a half ago?in a shop's back yard?cool bus ,wrong decklid.??.
That decklid looks right to me....unless it's a late '57 or very early '58.

[/quote]there i fixed it

note that the above quote was not jacked up by me.

GW got SCHOOLED!!

by the "bolt police"!

Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:30 am

cold case files cracked by the "vin splitters"

i went to bed last night and thought about what i wrote and then knew i fucked up,but then i knew some comedy would arrise :lol:

Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:20 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=217246

Picture of the dash in the 58. Evilbus said he thinks one of the gauges to be and old Dehne fuel gauge.

can anyone confirm that??

Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:31 pm

I believe he's mistaken. There's a couple different types for VW's - but neither of them are even remotely circular.

Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:47 am

He said the left one appears to be a Dehne barometric fuel level gauge??

Anybody??

Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:46 am

my65vert wrote:

My son and unclebob will be going to pick it up this weekend and bring it home for me.

We are? :lol: When were you gonna tell me?

I dunno if I can go fetch it for you this weekend. Doing some pre-fishing for the Kingfish tournament Saturday and probably Sunday too. Can it wait until next week or weekend? Let me know when you get the trailer secured. Does the trailer have a winch? Would I be taking your Tahoe or mine?

Nice Score!

Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:15 am

What? you didnt get the memo?? :lol:

Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:57 am

EverettB wrote: Did Sunroof Kombis have any sort of cover on the bottom of the sunroof assembly? Like headliner material?
that pretty original looking '58 sunroof kombi that we saw in the netherlands only had the headliner on the sliding part of the sunroof. the factory photos that I have seen seem to confirm this.

Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:36 am

used to have a 60 OG sunroof kombi- it had a headliner in the sunroof only

Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:04 pm

No hole to fix a headliner on the skylight on my 64!

Just the headliner on the sliding sunroof!
I try to find an OG headliner for my 64,if someone could give me an adress,or a contact to buy one it will be a big news for me..
Best regards
Nico

Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:16 pm

Nice Score...

Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:28 am

OK, just got some more pics of my bus. The inside of the decklid is still nice dove blue like the rest of the bus so I guess that it is the original lid making it a late 58 bus.

I also now have the Florida title and it is titled as a 1958. The vin also is correct to a 58.

All the dove blue underneath is OG paint and It seems as though the respray (Gray????) would come off fairly easy as it is already coming off in multiple spots.

Also has an old school camber compensater up under the rear.