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ib-bus Samba Member
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 11:58 am Post subject: |
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Great thread, cool bus. |
This bus will be at Busfest in Great Malvern this year , stop by and say hi if you are there. |
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ib-bus Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2007 Posts: 264 Location: Temecula , CA
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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One step closer to a fresh rebuilt engine
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seansofthedead Samba Member
Joined: December 16, 2010 Posts: 395 Location: bucks county
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hey I got one of this conversion. I have been looking for info for years on this camper conversion
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If you have the table that hangs off the door i would love to see some dimensions and the bracket that the table uses to attach to the sliding door [/img] _________________ 63 vw RAT
69 trinity camper
2012 Jetta Sportwagen
12 year old horse and a short legged dog |
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ib-bus Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2007 Posts: 264 Location: Temecula , CA
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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seansofthedead wrote: |
Hey I got one of this conversion. I have been looking for info for years on this camper conversion
If you have the table that hangs off the door i would love to see some dimensions and the bracket that the table uses to attach to the sliding door |
That is so cool , that bus looks solid.
That is an early bay though , 71-72 , I thought Trinity Campers started later but I could be wrong. Front tire bracket is different , slider windows , etc.
You may have another type of conversion , there are so many out there that look similar and they all used the same pop up.
I do have the table that hangs from the slider , tomorrow is my day off so I will take some pictures and measurements for you. |
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seansofthedead Samba Member
Joined: December 16, 2010 Posts: 395 Location: bucks county
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:13 am Post subject: |
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this is what it looked like when rescued
This is the sticker on the back
The windows were swapped out since they are in bad shape. I have the table leg but no table. The interior was not trinity because previous owner took it out and put a westy interior in. _________________ 63 vw RAT
69 trinity camper
2012 Jetta Sportwagen
12 year old horse and a short legged dog
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seansofthedead Samba Member
Joined: December 16, 2010 Posts: 395 Location: bucks county
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:54 am Post subject: |
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It could be one of the personally owned ones they talked about in their ad since this is a 69 bus and thats when they started testing
_________________ 63 vw RAT
69 trinity camper
2012 Jetta Sportwagen
12 year old horse and a short legged dog |
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ib-bus Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2007 Posts: 264 Location: Temecula , CA
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Here are some pictures of the side table , It's bigger that I tought.
45X24"
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seansofthedead Samba Member
Joined: December 16, 2010 Posts: 395 Location: bucks county
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Thank you!! now to find a similar metal strip. the leg mount i can fashion easy _________________ 63 vw RAT
69 trinity camper
2012 Jetta Sportwagen
12 year old horse and a short legged dog |
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LivinInnaVWBus Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2013 Posts: 968
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Well damn. That has to be one of my favorite bay conversions to date, other than the Devon of course
I currently have a similar exterior table in the works, a bit humorous I thought I was being innovative. |
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ib-bus Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2007 Posts: 264 Location: Temecula , CA
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Took the old cabinets out , took the carpet out.
Rubber mat looks like new.
Floor is solid , only a few small surface rust areas.
Underseat storage area.
Clean and solid under the seat.
Got dark on me but here we are with new laminated flooring.
I have some time tomorrow to do some more work , will keep posting pictures. |
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alman72 Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2014 Posts: 2573 Location: MICHIGAN
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:48 am Post subject: |
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would love to see some pics of the back cargo area with the bench folded down. room to sleep back there? it looks like your bench backrest folds down, so you sleep on the back of the bench? cushions over top? thanks |
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ib-bus Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2007 Posts: 264 Location: Temecula , CA
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:08 am Post subject: |
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alman72 wrote: |
would love to see some pics of the back cargo area with the bench folded down. room to sleep back there? it looks like your bench backrest folds down, so you sleep on the back of the bench? cushions over top? thanks |
Yes , it works just like you describe.
One piece of wood that folds over the seat has some damage but once I repair it I"ll show how it works. |
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ib-bus Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2007 Posts: 264 Location: Temecula , CA
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Here is the damaged piece of the folding bed support , replaced with new smooth and real wood.
Here it is folded in place.
And now open , 2 stools support it on the front end.
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Lilie Sunflower Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 19 Location: Nancy FRANCE
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stsexton Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 22 Location: Alaska
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:43 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Trinity Camper |
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Well its been quite a while since buying the bus from ib-bus who was kind enough to sell it to me because of my family attachment. I will try and post a few pics of my dad and uncle back in the day doing the installs of their cabinetry and mods. I talked at length with them about the business...they would get clients that had already purchased the buses to bring them by the shop in Ojai, CA and they would install their cabinet units, benches, beds, camper tops, and a few other mods. They would buy the camper tops from sportsmobile by the truck load and then do as many installs as they had tops. They retrofitted about 220-250 campers over a 3 year period before closing up shop and moving their families to Alaska which is where I still live. I saw ib-bus restoring one of their and vw buses and had to buy it for my dad's 70th birthday. Thanks again for letting me buy your project.
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15129 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:46 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Trinity Camper |
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well that's just too cool... and a nice full circle karma sorta thing..
/Bravo. _________________
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samwise Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2010 Posts: 611 Location: North Salt Lake, Utah
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:36 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Trinity Camper |
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Seeing more obscure conversions like this, it'd be cool if dimensions for the furniture etc could be put together.
I have a 7-passenger with an original z-bed, so it'd be cool to be able to remove the middle seat, then replicate the drawer unit from the Trinity Camper, and maybe the cooler/fridge unit too.
Did I miss it? What's behind the metal hatch on the rear passenger corner? _________________ Ben
1979 7-passenger bus
Harvee the Wonder Bus' pics |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5778 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:22 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Trinity Camper |
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stsexton wrote: |
Well its been quite a while since buying the bus from ib-bus who was kind enough to sell it to me because of my family attachment. |
Aww. I was sort of secretly hoping that this would happen. I would love to have seen your father's face when he first saw this bus. _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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Pinetops Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2007 Posts: 2987
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:34 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Trinity Camper |
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I'm glad you were able to buy the bus, what a great piece of family history you have. _________________ "A rolling bus gathers no rust." |
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stsexton Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 22 Location: Alaska
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: 1973 Trinity Camper |
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samwise... the hatch on the back right quarter panel is a place for an extra battery I believe...I'll get some more info from my dad. It had something to do with one of their mods. Thanks all for the kind replies. I have not yet got the bus back to Alaska. Was going to drive it up but not sure it would make it. Then i was going to drive down and get it but not sure thats going to happen either. Now I'm looking for a shipper to check out their prices for shipping to Alaska. If anyone knows of a few good vehicle transporters I would greatly appreciate it. |
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