TheSamba.com :: View topic - I saved a 64 bus from the scrap yard today!

Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:59 pm

I responded to an ad on craigslist this morning. He had a 66 bug and he was looking for a trade. One of the items he was interested in was a canoe. I had one in my backyard that I had acquired for $20 a few years ago. I went out to look at the bug and it was nothing to write home about, but he mentioned an old bus out in his field. I asked if I could look at it. Well it turned out to be this. They sold their property and had to remove the junk vehicles. He was going to call his scrap guy and let him haul it off for scrap metal!!!!! I ended up trading my canoe for this bus instead. He said he put it in his field 40 years ago and used it for storage. Sweet score!!!

Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:04 pm

Nice score. That paint will buff out sweet.

Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:06 pm

Ill trade you two canoes for it, double your money? :lol: Sweet score

Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:07 pm

I think so too! i want to get it mechanically sound. It has no engine or tranny. Ill buff the hell out of and roll it as is and fix the cancer as I go. Most of the interior panels are nice too! And, its never been cut!

Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:15 pm

Luck of the draw.

I found two of my busses by taking a wrong turn.

Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:40 pm

A $20 bus, can't beat it!

Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:12 pm

That body looks good for being outside for so long. The climate must be pretty dry out there.

Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:08 am

Braukuche wrote: A $20 bus, can't beat it!

Having paid $25 for his, Bill May will be pissed! :lol:

Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:22 am

Don't drag that trailer with the roof strapped like that!
You'll dent it!!!

Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:24 am

Way to go Bro!

Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:38 am

Geez, I knew I should buy me a canoe...... :x
Top score. :D

Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:01 am

HELL YES!

Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:14 am

Absolutely stunning for a canoe trade, good for you. looking forward to your updates. Congratulations.

Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:15 am

pyrOman wrote: Braukuche wrote: A $20 bus, can't beat it!

Having paid $25 for his, Bill May will be pissed! :lol:

:lol: :lol:

Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:26 am

Dang!!!! How about some interrior pics? Stoked for you, sweet score!!!!

Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:30 am

"Hmm I'll takem beads an canoe"..nice score

Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:28 am

Awesome score! I can't believe people are still prepared to scrap these things. Can't wait for more pics of the bus, especially buffed out.

Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:58 am

Isn't it mouse gray? I see a rear wheel. Are you sure there's no transaxle?

Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:29 pm

Looks Turkis to me... x2 on the transaxle though..

Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:37 pm

Its Turkis L380! The trans is gone, but the axles/gear reduction boxes and the attached differential is there. Ill post some good interior pics tomorrow, I have to clean some trash out of it. The head liner is decent, The rear seat and fron seats are there. Nice uncut dash and clean steering wheel.