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Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:48 pm

Saw one today on a trailer east of Toledo, Ohio headed westbound. Needed love. Who's was it? Which one was it?

Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:05 pm

it is a 52 and it is going west all the way west ....this is the one

Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:06 pm

I saw it heading South through Seattle with Elvis behind the wheel.

Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:33 pm

looks like a cool bus!

Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:21 pm

nice patina.. 8) good luck on restauration.

Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:20 pm

i saw that one too, somewhere lost in the middle of downtown toronto:-) there are going to be stories about the trip it's had, i'm sure.

Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:45 pm

bus arrived safely,i was really happy to see it hit my driveway,its rough as a cobb but actually better than i thought i would end up with

Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:50 pm

apparently im well behind in my barndoor knowledge,i thought there were only the early big ass gas filler and the slightly big ass gas fillers........mine has the zwitter smalls..........please edjucate me

Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:58 pm

Very Cool. I'm Jealous. :)

Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:33 am

thanks,im actually even jealous and its mine!

so the story is that this is a 2 owner bus,but basically a 1 owner and being untouched by its 2nd owner

the mods are too cool,this bus is very me............rear window wiper added by og owner,its lucas so its british but i love that it tells a bit of the story of the buses life..............i mean who puts in a rear wiper?

porsche put rear wipers on some cars so i guess it was a trend?

one smooth semaphore and the other is ribbed.............
which is correct?

it came with a red rear apron,and after close examination i would declare it red and not sealing wax red

those neat early window frames

i cleaned the drivers side up a bit............no buffers involved,no clr treatment yet,just a rubbing compound by hand........maybe 20 minutes..........the passenger side looks pretty clean,we will see what it looks like i guess!

Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:02 am

Not sure about the gas lid, but ribbed semaphores are correct for that one. It's in much nicer shape then mine. And I love the front bumper dressing! Congrats.

Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:05 am

cool bus,,,looks like me and you have are hand full.how did you find it?

Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:27 am

fun fun. What's the barrel shaped gizmo on the left side of the dash?

Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:26 am

hugheseum wrote: i thought there were only the early big ass gas filler and the slightly big ass gas fillers........mine has the zwitter smalls..........please edjucate me

From www.barndoor.dk

Quote: 1. From ch.number 20-00001 until 20-05001 fuel neck diameter 100mm.
2. From ch.number 20-05002 until 20-030867 fuel neck diameter 100mm.
3. From ch.number 20-030868 until 20-047001 fuel neck diameter 60mm.
4. From ch.number 20-047002 until 20-117901 fuel neck diameter 80mm.
http://barndoor.dk/detaljer18.htm

Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:33 am

thanks for the info,i had never seen the teenie weenie gas filler before

heres the cool fresh air dealibob............i love this sort of stuff

it was on the drivers dr,added by the original owner and im planing on keeping it and making it function again

Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:45 am

Nice find Adam!

Portland is two weeks away, I'm sure you can have a motor stuffed in that thing and the brakes bled before then......

Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:52 am

the metal cylinder looking thing on the dash is a ashtray from a kaiser of some sort..........again added by the original owner and i think its staying put

the sad part is that i wont be able to really get nitty gritty on it for some time...............i have a 2 yr waiting list thats actually getting longer of customers cars to fix before really being able to work on my own toys

im building 2 356s this winter and im going to try and squeeze in a little 52 kombi lovin in there,but its unlikely............

Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:02 am

hugheseum wrote: the metal cylinder looking thing on the dash is a ashtray from a kaiser of some sort..........again added by the original owner and i think its staying put

I like it. Glad your going to keep it in.

Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:41 pm

Kaiser ash tray is way Kool! It's in the perfect location for those left handed cigarettes. :wink:

Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:43 pm

knar knar
You know you will have this bus up and running in less than a year, it will eat at you until you finish it.