TheSamba.com :: View topic - 58-61 SO-23 Westfalia official thread.....

Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:04 am

I have been looking around and noticed that the SO-23 campers have a bunch of scattered threads all over the forums. I was hoping to see a lot of the threads mended together in one place to help show the changes in colors, options and everything involved in a the SO-23 campers. Question and answers!

I have found this site online. www.so23westfalia.com

Looks like it stated in August 58 and run through 65.
http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Volkswagen_Westfalia_Campers

Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:41 am

The latest SO23 that I've seen was a '62.

Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:12 am

I have a 67 SO23.

Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:23 am

unclespanky wrote: I have a 67 SO23.

A '67 with a SO23 kit in it, right?

Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:28 am

2 sites,one never gets updated and the other has wrong info.

Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:54 am

For ones interested, I am explaining here how to restored SO23 interiors and cabinets:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=341539

I use as playground my SO23 westy:

Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:54 am

Hints way we need a page... How common place is a so-23 camper? Estimate how many are still out there? Looks like a lot to me! PLEASE !!! Post pictures of our buses!!! Mine is at the painters....When it gets back i will post some as well!!! :D Very nice bus above!!! :roll: :D

Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:48 pm

My low hinge late 61. Came with a factory fuel gauge? The dash looks to have came with it, or really nicely dealer installed. When did the first bus get a fuel gauge?

Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:21 pm

My '61, my 'carport restoration':

Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:14 pm

Joe the Gnome's old 60.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:29 pm

crofty wrote: unclespanky wrote: I have a 67 SO23.

A '67 with a SO23 kit in it, right?

The way the M code reads it's an SO23

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:03 pm

unclespanky wrote: crofty wrote: unclespanky wrote: I have a 67 SO23.

A '67 with a SO23 kit in it, right?

The way the M code reads it's an SO23

This one's gonna need to be backed up with pics. Do you have some of the bus and M plate?

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:21 pm

buseric wrote: unclespanky wrote: crofty wrote: unclespanky wrote: I have a 67 SO23.

A '67 with a SO23 kit in it, right?

The way the M code reads it's an SO23

This one's gonna need to be backed up with pics. Do you have some of the bus and M plate?

Mind, this is what I was told when I got the bus. The M code plate was deciefered by someone other then myself. I will go take some pics of the plate.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:22 pm

buseric wrote: unclespanky wrote: crofty wrote: unclespanky wrote: I have a 67 SO23.

A '67 with a SO23 kit in it, right?

The way the M code reads it's an SO23

This one's gonna need to be backed up with pics. Do you have some of the bus and M plate?
How to post photos: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:40 pm

Let the expert deciphering begin!! :D

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:44 pm

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:45 pm

unclespanky wrote:

Let the expert deciphering begin!! :D

What I see here is A42, which means SO42 not SO23.
The picture of your interior is clearly from a late SO42.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:46 pm

unclespanky wrote:

Let the expert deciphering begin!! :D

That's a 67 SO-42 model A42, not an SO-23 bus.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:48 pm

Copy that, thanks for the info' I just picked this bus up and have begun the process of putting her back on the road.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:41 pm

unclespanky wrote: Copy that, thanks for the info' I just picked this bus up and have begun the process of putting her back on the road.

Well congrats on getting an SO-42 and if you need help there are plenty of SO-42 owners on this site and quite a few in Norcal as well.