TheSamba.com :: View topic - New 23 window barn door found.............

Fri May 02, 2014 12:24 am

UZI wrote: i can think of one bus that could use the frame

that torsion bar housing of the river find sure looks usable still !

Fri May 02, 2014 2:34 am

its amazing how just like a dinosaur, over time erosion exposed treasure!

Fri May 02, 2014 11:27 am

So my good friend 'Banana Split' sent me a link to this thread as I am the 'friend' mentioned back on the first page who originally discovered, if you can call it a discovery, this Barndoor buried in the river bank...
In the early days of the town before enviromental issues and laws became common, this was the town dump, along with other locations where people would throw things out, the closest accessible spot in the those days.
So after asking around...at the time, 20+ years back, that Barndoor had probably been lying in the river bank for another 30+ years as the town quit dumping there in the early part of the seventies. And judging by the depth of the Barndoor in the gravel, well it had been there longer.
I was able to salvage the rear bumperette, the nose VW logo, and the speedo trim...and as it has been years since I was a VW'er I enjoyed being able to see it here and read about everyones interest in the 'Revy Riverbank Barndoor'.

Fri May 02, 2014 11:36 am

Drew A. Chamberlain wrote: So my good friend 'Banana Split' sent me a link to this thread as I am the 'friend' mentioned back on the first page who originally discovered, if you can call it a discovery, this Barndoor buried in the river bank...
In the early days of the town before enviromental issues and laws became common, this was the town dump, along with other locations where people would throw things out, the closest accessible spot in the those days.
So after asking around...at the time, 20+ years back, that Barndoor had probably been lying in the river bank for another 30+ years as the town quit dumping there in the early part of the seventies. And judging by the depth of the Barndoor in the gravel, well it had been there longer.
I was able to salvage the rear bumperette, the nose VW logo, and the speedo trim...and as it has been years since I was a VW'er I enjoyed being able to see it here and read about everyones interest in the 'Revy Riverbank Barndoor'.

Hi, Drew, I was going to ask you about this if I ever saw you in kamloops at the bunk house as I was certain you would have known about it and the history.

Not sure if you remember working with me when I was training in revy as conductor, had a few trips with you and talked vw. You gave me a couple old transporter owners manuals. I just got recalled this spring.

I was certainly shocked to find this thing while walking the dog to say the least!

Fri May 02, 2014 11:41 am

Drew A. Chamberlain wrote: So my good friend 'Banana Split' sent me a link to this thread as I am the 'friend' mentioned back on the first page who originally discovered, if you can call it a discovery, this Barndoor buried in the river bank...
In the early days of the town before enviromental issues and laws became common, this was the town dump, along with other locations where people would throw things out, the closest accessible spot in the those days.
So after asking around...at the time, 20+ years back, that Barndoor had probably been lying in the river bank for another 30+ years as the town quit dumping there in the early part of the seventies. And judging by the depth of the Barndoor in the gravel, well it had been there longer.
I was able to salvage the rear bumperette, the nose VW logo, and the speedo trim...and as it has been years since I was a VW'er I enjoyed being able to see it here and read about everyones interest in the 'Revy Riverbank Barndoor'.
Wow. 10 years on the samba and first post ever... come around more often.

Wed May 07, 2014 6:18 pm

Took some more pics of the depth of the skylight window and found the dash pod bezel.

Wed May 07, 2014 6:20 pm

Also I looked on the bump stop on the beam and only two digits I could see are 06 too corroded otherwise

Wed May 07, 2014 8:52 pm

Is there a date stamp on the back of the speedo?

Wed May 07, 2014 11:33 pm

pre 53 speedo

Thu May 08, 2014 2:04 am

I believe the 3 digit chassis number can be found on the front axle beam and the original transaxle as well?
steering boxes are usually date stamped with month and year as does the speedo.
Best bet is the last 3 chassis number on the door tops if you find them.
But it looks very much like a 52.

Thu May 08, 2014 5:06 am

LOL... barn find? more like a ditch find.. :lol: But a nice find indeed!! :D

Thu May 08, 2014 5:39 am

That looks like a deep skylight that would be early 53 and down

Thu May 08, 2014 2:43 pm

Looks very similar to this archaeological find:

http://giphy.com/gifs/14ru6pqZPExCNO

Sun May 11, 2014 9:22 pm

That's a 1952 or 1953 speedo. It actually looks like the dial face will clean up decent with a little Brasso.

Wed May 14, 2014 6:33 am

Sooo cool hope you are going to get all the bits a pieces worth a clean up and see what you could find, im coming to Rev next snow season i could help :wink:

Wed May 14, 2014 8:50 am

Someone should build this, makes my 15 seem sensible :lol:

Wed May 14, 2014 9:30 am

streetwagens wrote: Someone should build this, makes my 15 seem sensible :lol:

i agree with you! somebody (else) should build this

Thu May 15, 2014 7:11 am

did you look at the date on the back of the speedo?

Thu May 15, 2014 2:57 pm

holy cow! :shock:

Thu May 15, 2014 8:11 pm

That shit'll buff out :lol:

I guess it's an official re-find...cool pics and thread. Thanks for posting!