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Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:05 pm

This Bus sitting in the woods many years, now he is free!
Anyone have some infos about this Bus maybe?

Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:17 pm

No info on that one but in Belgium there is a bundespost barndoor. Think it is a 55. But it is a panel. Great rescue.

Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:05 am

Great find!! Picture of the Belgian bus @ Ninove.

Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:26 pm

Nice! Is it Ambulance hatch or full barndoor lid?

Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:03 pm

Think its got ambulance hatch,im sure ive seen it before.

Cant wait to see how this beast turns out!

Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:10 pm

No, it doesn't :idea:

Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:10 am

Buy looking at the first three pictures you can see that it has a tall engine rear deck and rear window hole which would mean no ambulance hatch

Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:27 am

Dont know why but i replied meaning the lowered one :?: :lol:

Cant be many ex postal buses out there!

Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:17 pm

Thanks, i will ask the Belgian owner for details, is he here on thesamba?

A little paint removing:

Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:22 pm

Not sure if he is on the samba, but on FB he is. James Haentjens is his name.
Greetings.

Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:01 am

Cool find!

Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:08 pm

Thanks guys!

I talk with James about this old Bundespost Barndoors, but he also don´t know much about the use of this BD´s.

I cleaned the Bus like an archaeology and found some interesting stuff.

Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:23 am

interesting newspaper clipping :)

Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:38 pm

mandraks wrote: interesting newspaper clipping :)

Man, 4 years of German in high school, all I can make out of that is where it says "DAMIT" !
:lol:

Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:34 am

Hahaha.... :lol: that's a good one but only for us German speaking guys...love it !

Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:13 pm

:D

some more parts found in the Deutsche Bundespost Barndoor.

-(nearly) complete seats, good condition :lol:

- Original Axe?? :roll:

Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:44 am

Those seats look a little lumpy to me...

Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:20 am

Huetti_1989 wrote: :D

some more parts found in the Deutsche Bundespost Barndoor.

- Original Axe?? :roll:

=> the manufacurer still exists:

http://www.ochsenkopf.com/de/

- maybe you want to source an correct-spec OEM handle? :lol:

Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:40 am

Thanks fpr the reply, the Axe is a funny accessory!

interesting turn:

Some days bevor we start the official allowed rescue of this Barndoor, some poor people try to kill the history of this Barndoor and brutally hacked down the totally rotten Front and the id-plate of the Bus.

some days ago the original front from my Barndoor offert to us over a "middleman" for 1500€ with the picture of the kidnapped part.

i ask to trade with a another front, but they want to se mutch of $$$$$

I try to consider the history of this specific Barndoor and some other people work against it....

Sun Apr 05, 2015 2:43 pm

it is just a shame what greed, ignorence and stupidity have made of the VW family within 10 years ! :roll: :cry:
I remember, back 25 yrs ago, when it was just any old car and you would be friends with everybody interested in aircooled cars. they were few people. used to be a bond.
nowadays it is $$$$€€€€ and cultism.
now if they had asked 100€...that'd be something else.
steeling a Vin tag is a crime. you should let them know this Chris !
I bet the police will be interested too....