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Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:07 am

A friend of me did a nice find today and a cool rescue trip......have a look at the pictures :shock:

All pictures at the link
http://www.wolfparts.com/barndoortak/page_01.htm

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:10 am

Is that a bulkhead grab bar mounted on the roof?

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:17 am

micro9301 wrote: Is that a bulkhead grab bar mounted on the roof?

Looks like there is one on each side.

Is the owner planning to restore this bus?

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:27 am

TOO COOL Woffe!

Where in Sweden was this?

Deep skylights or shallow? Any idea of finding the right identity?

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:40 am

I just got the horn......is that bad ???

....need to know more.........I just love the lake pic !! :shock: :shock:

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:43 am

It is shallow lip skylight, and loading doors on the left.....

That part would be very useful to me! 8)

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:50 am

well cool RHD

could it be this bus ?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=318229

Muscle bus 24H are one of of the same :?: how many roofs do you one/two need :?: :wink:

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:56 am

ok now that is just rediculous. I wonder how something like that would even happen. Any pictures of where it was sitting? It looks like someone cut it off a bus and then sat it on the ground, I have a hard time imagining the entire lower 36 inch of a bus disappearing.

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:59 am

barnjunkie wrote: Musclebus 24H are one of of the same :?:

100% wrong - I know 24H and want nothing to do with him :lol: :lol:

Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:00 am

in sweden I believe they use to cut the top off a bus then use it as a
cab for their boat
:roll:

good idea at the time :shock:

Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:04 am

musclebus wrote: barnjunkie wrote: Musclebus 24H are one of of the same :?:

100% wrong - I know 24H and want nothing to do with him :lol: :lol:

Of course you know me, you must know everyone in the UK who has a rusty barndoor by now!! :lol: :wink:

Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:04 am

musclebus wrote: barnjunkie wrote: Musclebus 24H are one of of the same :?:

100% wrong - I know 24H and want nothing to do with him :lol: :lol:

Everyone is so Mysterious lately
and that 24H bus will be a mad retoration good luck and sorry for the mix up :wink:

Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:06 am

24H wrote: musclebus wrote: barnjunkie wrote: Musclebus 24H are one of of the same :?:

100% wrong - I know 24H and want nothing to do with him :lol: :lol:

Of course you know me, you must know everyone in the UK who has a rusty barndoor by now!! :lol: :wink:

true, but I still buy my buses from 'Rust Monkeys R Us' :wink: :lol:

barnjunkie wrote: that 24H bus will be a mad retoration good luck and sorry for the mix up :wink:

agreed & no worries, even I have my rust limits :wink: :lol: 8)

Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:34 am

Oh no! Its another one of those barndoor rafts things were they cut it in half and put it on a boat. A friend of mine had a similar barndoor deluxe ex. raft body. It ended up in England I think.

Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:38 am

By the way... The thing on the roof looks like something were one would put a boat flag. Perhaps not a mount for a roof search light...

Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:49 am

Hi everybody....yes, it was a top on a boat built in the 70th´s.
The part is in very good condition and it would have been really fun to see what the rest of the bus did look like !!

My friend got a tip from a friend and start searching for a while ago, they have been on a lot of small islands before they did find it.....and he acctually did not know it was a barndoor......the info he had was that it was a bus roof :D

It was found in my area (Gävle)

My friend have not decide what to do with it yet

Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:22 pm

That is the lowest barndoor i have ever seen! :lol:

Shame the bulkhead is missing.
If it had a chassis number i would restore it. Seriously.
But without that you cant get a birth certificate and it could be anything.
I know someone will want to covert there standard into a deluxe with it :roll:
RHD Sambas are big bucks. And now Gerson makes all your panels including the RHD dash.

Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:49 pm

The rest of the bus is probably in the water.

I heard a rumor that to get rid of old cars, sometimes they were pushed out on to frozen lakes, then when they thawed, the problem was gone...? Get some diving gear out there!!!! :lol:

Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:21 pm

streetwagens wrote: The rest of the bus is probably in the water.

I heard a rumor that to get rid of old cars, sometimes they were pushed out on to frozen lakes, then when they thawed, the problem was gone...? Get some diving gear out there!!!! :lol:

yes, thas is they way they often did do back in early days here in Sweden :)

Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:29 pm

Ace pics
24H = streetwagens = Dai