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Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:35 am

After more than 20 years of warm and dry storage this bus came into my hands. It was hidden all those years.

Doorcard jute decor from the Seventies...but og cards underneath :-)

It really is a big surprise that in 2009 it is still possible to find such an early bus here in Germany. The bus is quite unmolested and comparatively solid...not much work to get it roadworthy...if I hadn´t so many projects here...

Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:47 am

Nice find!

I wanna be the first to say it....

Slam it on earlies and roll it!!!!

Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:01 am

PopsBuggy wrote: Nice find!

I wanna be the first to say it....

Slam it on earlies and roll it!!!!

Thank you for your nice words!

Oh, yes: On what concerns "slamming and earlies"...my name says it all: Personally I only like it original style. I love 16" wheels and their look. And 6 Volts. I like them just the way they came off the VW plant.

Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:12 am

congratulations!! looks like a pretty good start!! you going to restore it? looks like it had a nose clip and maybe some other "improvements"

some day I will find a dry and unmolested barndoor...hey we can always dream right? without optimism, it will never come true.

got any more pictures of the engine bay and the like?

please post any and all pictures of your progress. :D

Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:30 pm

Congratulations! That loos like it's going to be a sweet bus after a small amount of work

Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:58 pm

nice find.. wo genau wohnst du?

Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:14 pm

'primer' bus?

Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:02 pm

fantastic....that is a dream find 8) 8) 8)

Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:04 pm

Congratulations on finding a great bus, they dont coma as good as that.

What is up with the rear window? was this bus a Fire bus?

Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:54 pm

:shock: NICE. Lucky man you are.

Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:36 pm

Very cool Bus! I am impressed with the find. 8)

Do you have a better picture of the nose of the Bus with the painting? What is the painting?

Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:41 am

congratulations .....nice find 8)

Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:57 am

..what a great find!- WELL DONE! :D 8)

Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:39 am

sled wrote:
got any more pictures of the engine bay and the like? :D

Here you are:

We have the 30 German HP´s engine running.

Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:03 am

sled wrote: looks like it had a nose clip and maybe some other "improvements"

Yes the bus had some "improvements", but definately not a new noseclip. BTW: The nose is quite nicely preserved compared to it´s age, also from underneath.
Talking about improvements: The bus had gotten an old (must have been added in the Seventies) furnishing with wooden seats and two small bulleyes added on each side with curtains inside. These are equipped with SIGLA stamped glasses and decorated exteriorwise with splitbeetle headlightrings. All can easily be removed.

Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:17 am

oring71 wrote: What is up with the rear window? was this bus a Fire bus?

The History of this bus is a bit vague. It was indeed told that from the beginning it has been a firetruck.

The bus did not circulate the last 21 years. This is also documented in the (German) title. I was told, that even before that time, 21 years ago, the bus had been in traffic only a small amount of time and before that period it was also stopped for some years.

The backwindow is not original and it is difficult to understand that it has been hacked in as this bus certainly had an original backwindow ex-works already.

Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:10 am

very cool thanks for the pics.

you say the nose has not been clipped. It has bullet signals (which I know could be added easily at some point for safety) but I am wondering why it has the wiper shaft recesses in the top of the nose. Definately not original to the bus.

funny the bumper is not wolfsburg as the bus has been sitting so long...the original must have been damaged at some point and replaced with a 'hannover' bumper.

Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:03 am

Ahhh, now I know what you mean. I did not notice that wiper base indentation thing. Well observed, Sled! Yes you are right, that together with the turn signals and the later ribbed front bumper might be an indice for a nose change indeed. If that has been done it must have been done very professionally and according to the internal prescriptions, as all edges including the bottomline are perfectly worked as from the Werk.

Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:48 pm

WOW! What a awesome car! Really nice! Do you want to hold it? If not...just let me know :wink: but...my wife would kill me when I start a new project :(
Cheers
Claus

Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:17 am

Very nice barndoorfind!!
Do you want to sell the barndoor? Please let me know :D