TheSamba.com :: View topic - Definitive T2 Champagne Edition Information Thread

Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:25 am

secretsubmariner wrote: :Tex Avery wolf howl:

NICE! Thanks for contributing! consvws, you didn't happen to retain the VIN information for those did you? Stunning picture.

2282082300 is in the UK

2282109325 is in Germany

2282116892 is my future sunroof bus ;) (out in the woods still)

Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:31 am

another shot of the CE2s when they were still together

Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:20 am

Hot damn those are dope! Thanks for the info! Updating the list now. 8)

Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:24 am

Collie wrote: secretsubmariner wrote: Don't make me go all Bill Sullivan on you and make you go pull its m-code info!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm glad somebody caught that, bud. lol Bill's cool.

Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:00 am

consvws wrote: another shot of the CE2s when they were still together

Posts like this are going to make me want to buy an example of the other Champagne color combo! (My '78 is white over brown.)

Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:02 am

Hell yeah dude! I prefer the transporter for sure.

Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:52 am

vwwestyman wrote: consvws wrote: another shot of the CE2s when they were still together

Posts like this are going to make me want to buy an example of the other Champagne color combo! (My '78 is white over brown.)

So not all 78's had the reddish brown color above the belt line? I'll get my M-Code info. posted shortly. The pics I've taken of the plate with my cell phone are illegible. I'll have to try contorting myself for a tracing.

Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:23 am

oscarsnapkin wrote: So not all 78's had the reddish brown color above the belt line?

The transporter models were the "reddish brown", the Westy version is white over brown.

Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:54 am

There is an original paint CE I a block away from me. I will try to catch the owner and get the info and a few photos. It has been sitting for a few years with a blown engine. I knew the previous owner as I had sold him a beetle 15 years ago. If I can get any history, I will.

Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:20 am

Thanks cdennisg, that would be very cool! So far the CE I info pretty limited.

Oscarsnapkin, the CEII's that were converted to Westfalias were white over brown, accompanied by all the regular Champagne II fixin's

Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:32 pm

Did you dig thru the other Samba CE forums as well for VINS. I know a few posted on mine and a few posted on the Registry site that I havent logged yet.

Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:28 pm

Champagne Edition Facebook page

Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:27 pm

I created the Registry then I started a new group page. The group will make it easier for others to post ask questions and you will get instant notifications. You can also post files for all to see.

Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:36 pm

I just got a 1978 Champagne Westfalia ( I believe). It has the brown dash and although it has been sprayed white, there are sightings of the Agave Brown in the door jambs and engine compartment. The fronts seats, door panels, and carpet are from a sage green bus, but the rear is the brown plaid. This was a dear friend's bus who passed and his family gave me first dibs. My plan is to make it close to original (may put Riviera Vista hightop on)and make it my forever bus. I am excited I found this thread. The bus is currently in Virginia and needs to make it's way to Asheville, NC.

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Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:36 pm

Absolutely wonderful, thank you for contributing!
Would you mind posting the last 6 of the VIN and the build dates on the silver sticker on the driver's side door jamb?

Definitely a Champagne, unless someone went to a lot of trouble to get a brown dash :lol:

tonychavalia, I received your CE list, and I'm going to combine it with the master list soon enough. hopefully it will be enough to push us over 52! :bay_green:

Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:34 pm

Whereabouts in VA? I am up near Lynchburg and I have a '78 Westy that was primer grey when I spotted it :)

I might be able to help ya if needed and if its close-ish.. :wink:

Thu Sep 24, 2015 4:08 pm

secretsubmariner wrote: Absolutely wonderful, thank you for contributing!
Would you mind posting the last 6 of the VIN and the build dates on the silver sticker on the driver's side door jamb?

04/78
116078

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:10 am

Cool find, unfortunately you wont be able to swap a Riviera top with out alot of work. The Riviera company used sunroof transporter buses and converted them where by 74 Westys had their own specified roof opening. It can be done but difficult.

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:25 am

Built 1/78
079468
079444 (W)
079799
081246
082446
082332
084087 (W)

Built 2/78
088675
088749
089395
092993
093915
094092 (W)
096198
097054
098015
099531

Built 3/78
101032 (W)
102230
102237
102329
104188
106452
108971
109025
109672
110789
112242

Built 4/78
113276
113322
116078
116262
116640 (W)
121880

1977
120018 - 3/77
100780
114990
123534
123593 - 3/77

New list! Hell yeah that's a lot of buses

Mon Sep 28, 2015 5:20 pm

tonychavalia wrote: Cool find, unfortunately you wont be able to swap a Riviera top with out alot of work. The Riviera company used sunroof transporter buses and converted them where by 74 Westys had their own specified roof opening. It can be done but difficult.

I put a Riviera top off a 78 bus onto my 70. The hole for the RIV is larger than a stock sunroof hole. As I recall, Westy used sunroof buses for awhile, but RIV cut their own hole.