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Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:15 am

Thanks to Matt(mammbush) and Eric(middleburgebus64)the bus is now sitting in my garage waiting for me to get back.

New info: The bus has some pretty cool history, the logo's were painted by a famous?? pop art sketch artist named "greyhound".
I was told he was a painter that did paintings of musicians and also did album cover art back in the day. I got this info in an email from the lady that owned it back then.

The bus use to be a traveling bar for the capital pub, it still has numerous items inside it from then. They took it around to festivals and stuff as a mobil bar. Kinda cool I guess. I think with it's history I will leave it the way it is and just bring it back to reliable and safe road worthy driving condition and roll it.

Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:13 pm

my65vert wrote: I think with it's history I will leave it the way it is and just bring it back to reliable and safe road worthy driving condition and roll it.
Hell ya, nice score!!!

Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:53 pm

don't "roll" it....Mob that thing! Very kewl bus....

Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:07 pm

Now that I am back in the states I have started the long road of getting it back on the road.

Pictures soon.

It has the spring loaded steps at the driver and passenger doors, anybody interested in them? I'm thinking of taking them off. Would trade them or sell them.

Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:41 pm

my65vert wrote: It has the spring loaded steps at the driver and passenger doors, anybody interested in them? I'm thinking of taking them off. Would trade them or sell them.
I would be interested in those steps. I can buy them or trade from my vast inventory of splittie parts and accessories.

Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:33 pm

Posted a bunch of new pics of the sunroof bus to the gallery today.

in the kombi section or just check under my65vert

feel free to post them into the thread if you want to comment on something :D

Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:42 pm

That floor resembles one I used to know.

Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:43 pm

you want to come down to florida and weld mine in? Nice and sunny.

Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:44 pm

I was just there 2 months ago. Where were you? :wink:

Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:47 pm

The desert Duh, my kid said he saw you though.

come back down, cant take that long to do? Have a shop here that told me $650 if I supply the new floor(which I have from Kelly)

Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:41 pm

my65vert wrote: The desert Duh, my kid said he saw you though.

come back down, cant take that long to do? Have a shop here that told me $650 if I supply the new floor(which I have from Kelly)

just a personal thought on that.stop while you are ahead and name a price for that thing .you have said twice that you are considering selling and noone wants to buy someone elses hack metal work.pm me and tell me what it costs to own it.

Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:42 pm

gatorwyatt wrote: my65vert wrote: The desert Duh, my kid said he saw you though.

come back down, cant take that long to do? Have a shop here that told me $650 if I supply the new floor(which I have from Kelly)

just a personal thought on that.stop while you are ahead and name a price for that thing .you have said twice that you are considering selling and noone wants to buy someone elses hack metal work.pm me and tell me what it costs to own it.

IMO it's worth between $5-6K

Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:30 pm

my65vert, i would hold out for 10 million iraqi dinar if i were you. :D

Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:37 am

Why would it be "hack" work? It is a VW restoration shop that will be doing the cab floor.

The bus is actually pretty damn solid for the amount of time it spent sitting, and there isnt another one like it here.

If, thats if I sold it Uzi thats damn close on the money.

Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:10 am

And I really don't see how metal repair that is done well can be called a "hack job".
That's just silly...

Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:15 am

call it what you wish,ive seen lots of repairs done and very few done "correct".i made him an offer lets see what happens

Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:00 am

I recieved your email and a few others from other people. I'll get back with them in order.

Like I said, I'm not dying to sell it but I would if the money was right. My plan always has been to just make it a driver not fully restore it and just roll it.

The sunroof assembly should be here by teusday. :D

Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:06 am

gatorwyatt, your here in florida. your welcome to take a drive up and see it.

Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:03 pm

YOU HAVE A PM

Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:01 pm

my65vert wrote:

The sunroof assembly should be here by teusday. :D

I'm a little late to this forum but I just want to say welcome to the world of rare standard/kombi sun roof buses. I love 11 window buses. 23/21 I think are played out. Your bus is a great start and I wish mine was an early split likeyours. I have a 65 standard rag(Factory sun roof model 225)and I love it. Keep us posted with pic.

My 65