Info: Original Aero Papyrus interior on Sea Blue Deluxe Buses

[KWZ]

[AustroBus]

Hi guys, i am glad you like this thread and thanks for participating.

I also asked myself the question about the blue grab handles and if there was a change between the years. i am trying to find more photos of buses to verify your theory.

And here is another thing that i asked myself - maybe you can answer me:
Talking about the middle bench. Why is is, that sometimes the metal part on the side is a full (upside down) U bow - and on other occasions, the round metal bar stops right after the arm rest on the side?

[AustroBus]

1967 Samba (21 window)

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[VWLady]

What's up with the rocker spears and bumper trims?

[KWZ]

[AustroBus]

[AustroBus]

Here are also some Instagram sources.
Sadly i received no answer from these guys if i can use their pics, therefore i am only posting the links.

HolyGrailGarage (Brendan Finn) posted an incredibly good 1966 21 window bus back in October 2018, with all original interior as it seems:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1q2JyA_j3/?igsh=MTRrbmV2MndkZjRtMQ==
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxYhtOgWNt/?igsh=dm4wOTc5Y3E1NDA5
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxYtC8gaTX/?igsh=d3B5a3Rjc3E0enB0
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo149PfAniy/?igsh=N25iOGs3YmxzZzIz
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bouchflg9fK/?igsh=YmI0b2xsMHpyY2Vk
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo0Fd5gAyzn/?igsh=MWdtcWF2bHVpOWFweA==

it also had the blue grab handles as you can see on the instagram photos.

Would have been very interesting:
Original sales ad of the exact same bus which had 300 pics back then, sadly this is just an archived link and the photos aren't working anymore.
But he even mentions in the text that this bus would be a textbook example of how the interior should look like.
But maybe if someone knows him - this pictures would be great in this sub.

In August 2014 he also had a 1966 13 window walk-through bus:
https://www.instagram.com/p/sNsTCDkS4-/?igsh=NGJrNjZ4eHV4ZWZ2
https://www.instagram.com/p/sJTFd_kS-k/?igsh=MTI3eDB2MnJibmNtbg==

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And also Gabriel Garcia (gabvwkey) posted two interesting photos back in march 2020 of the middle and rear seat in original, worn condition:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KHRvdJSGW/?igsh=MXZ3MWNudzc2Z3dlZg==
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9TEx_fpNU0/?igsh=b2lhdW9ibGIxYWhs

in Sept. 2024 he also posted a front cabin floor mat for sale on FB:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1PntbAjsnv/
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[EverettB]

[KWZ]

just bit the bullet and ordered the correct front seat covers from Deutsch Polster for my 67. Original covers are, well… off warranty

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'63 15 window
'65 Westy SO44
'67 13 window

[VWLady]

[AustroBus]

[AustroBus]

[Clara]

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[AustroBus]

Yeah, sadly most pics i could find have mostly been taken towards the floor, so there for the upper parts often can't be seen on the pictures. Same when people open the upper lid in the back and take photos of the inside, the corners are not shown.

I really gotta write Brendan from HolyGrailGarage and ask him for the reference pics of a survivor bus.

I also do particularly look for photos of the luggage area in the back or parts of the headliner to spot which handles and hooks for hanging clothes originally were present.

I can only offer you photos of the corner panels that were fitted in our 67 bus before we started restoring it. As you said, they are a bit thicker cardboards glued with headliner vinyl material. Can't say if they originally came with the bus from factory, but i assume so as they look pretty worn.

It is a walkthrough-bus with the spare tire in the back.
Please ignore the fire extinguisher and everything else as the headliner and all kind of things have already been replaced. It is really just the corner cardboard that is still in the old condition. Headliner and everything else have been replaced.

I am just looking for where to get new corner cardboards so i can also fit them with new headliner vinyl - and thats why the old ones are still in our bus so far...

Driver side:

Co-driver side:

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[Split 66']

My Bus was purchased from a good friends older brother on August 17th 1989. I was told that when they got it, their cousin touched one of the rear hatch covers, and it instantly crumbled to dust. The cousin then was trying to explain to my friends brother what happened to the first hatch cover, by demonstrating the touch of the first cover to the remaining cover, which also immediately crumbled to dust.

Have the white cardboard rear corner panels, they must've removed the headliner material from them.

My door cards: went with the map pockets.

@Clara, would it be possible for you to tell me what dye you used on the arm rests for my Steel (blue) colored cards? I still need to dye my grab handle vinyl to match the arm rests, for the short middle and bulkhead.
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[KWZ]

I have always called those “23 window block off panels“. I have owned several og 64 and 65 deluxes over the last 35 years and they were all painted. I have owned three ‘67 deluxes and they had printed dot vinyl headliner material on them.

The panels in my current 67 look like they shit their pants. I think they can be successfully re-glued. Vinyl is intact and fairly supple considering….
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[campingbox]

[KWZ]

What is the consensus on luggage area carpet? Gray? Oatmeal? Who sells the best product?

Mine might not be stock….
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'63 15 window
'65 Westy SO44
'67 13 window

[AustroBus]

[Clara]

So, is the consensus that 64-66 had white painted, and 67 had headliner vinyl covered?