Anyone have a Late Bay Weekender?

[RIOMX]

This is the only one I've seen in person. I was trying to see if I could source a headliner and modified overhead cabinet like this bus had, but not even BustedBus had the parts. They must be really rare. This bus is what my bus wants to be when it grows up.

1977 Weekender

Below is a pic I snapped with my phone a few months ago. The overhead cabinet was cut on the left side to accommodate the curved headliner.

Anyway, anyone else have one of these?

[Andre4]

Many of us have owner-converted ones but I always thought I had never personally seen a factory non-poptop late camper. These are the first pictures I've seen of one that looks convincingly real. I took my interior out of what I thought was an owner converted hardtop camper but it did have the wood headliner and I'm quite sure the overhead cabinet is curved like the one you pictured. There were other hack-type details in the interior that made me think it was an owner-done conversion but maybe not. I have the cabinet in storage but I can dig it out in a few days if you need details.

Andre

[SGKent]

Looks like a nice bus but a little short on headroom. Pretty quiet and good in the wind though I'll bet.
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[MalibuLX3]

I like it! I've always had a thing for the non-pop top campers
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[Wild Bill]

Got to love those tin roof Campers
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[busdaddy]

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[thewalrus]

[hailfrank]

i like that, a tintop but westy inside.
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[Andre4]

I finally got around to digging out my headbanger. Here we go:

Since this post started I realized I've seen more late tintops than I thought. I was thinking of 76-79 only I guess because I actually owned a tintop 74. When I first looked at it it's interior was complete and I remember noticing the headbanger cabinet. In 74/75 these only came in the non-poptop Westfalias. At the time I bought the camping stool and a 60s era side tent from the owner. I bought the bus a few years later but the interior had been removed and thrown away which helps explain why I forgot about it. The other tintop belongs to a friend of mine. It is a European market 75 Westfalia that has had a Devon-style poptop added to it (and that's why I forgot about that one!) I haven't seen it in awhile but it has an unmolested interior (other then the poptop of course) and doesn't have a stove behind the passenger seat. Instead it has a little cubby storage place on top of the fridge, which may only be an icebox, I can't remember. I'll try and get pics sometime.

Andre

[notchboy]

I know where a late one is in a wrecker-looks like ass on the outside-open it up to look inside-just like that one ^^^

I hope to hord it some day
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[RIOMX]

Andre:

Thanks for posting that pic - the cabinet is awesome! It's only the second one I've seen so far.

I think it's funny that so many others have seen these "weekenders." I've only come across one. Maybe people in the Rocky Mountain region always went for the poptops instead.

Anyway, let me know if you ever want someone to take that cabinet off your hands

[Andre4]

Well now here's one on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Bus-Vana...414f95f212

Sorry Rio, I haven't had a chance to get the info you wanted on that cabinet yet... I haven't forgotten!

Andre

[RIOMX]

[RIOMX]

Still looking for a weekender overhead cabinet.

I ordered this one from a Samba member:

But it arrived like this:

If anyone knows where I can find one other that TheSamba, TheBusco and BustedBus, I'd greatly appreciate any leads. It's the last Westfalia interior piece I need.

[pittwagen]

I am putting a 74 P27 camper unit in my 79 deluxe bus - creating in effect a P21 but with the fridge and possibly the stove. I may put a Propex heater in and if so I will probably install the stove. The water tank is coming out to create more storage space and is being replaced with a slim one of the same capacity under the van. BN4 in the engine compartment and a vented battery case under the seat.

I like the full width bed and while some hauling space is lost, I think it is a good trade off. You don't tend to spend much time in a P21 anyway - without the roof. Can't rotate the passenger seat either. The camper weight distribution is better as well - not overloaded on the driver's side, if that is an issue for anyone.

The 74 P27 didn't come with a headbanger so I had to create one. I couldn't find a headbanger unit so I made a template to get the roof curvature and guessed the size of the rest from pics I have obtained/found on this site. I have a 74 bed/seat face to make the headbanger face and door from a 77 westy bed/seat face. Just got the baltic birch yesterday to complete cabinet mods etc. and a thin kerf saw blade to cut the seat face with the laminate attached.

So why don't you try to reconstruct what you have. Can't see from the pics if your door is shot but assuming it is, why don't you see if you can locate a late 76> lower bed/seat face and cut the headbanger face from that and use the door that would have come with it. The door I believe is very close in size to the P21 headbanger door. The P21 headbanger door is larger than the later P22/27 headbanger doors. The rest of your cabinet looks like it might be salvagable.

You will probably have more luck finding the bed/seat face than the headbanger. This way you are not trying to mess with different kinds of laminate colours etc.

Good luck.

[RIOMX]