Hello! Log in or Register   |  Help  |  Donate  |  Buy Shirts See all banner ads | Advertise on TheSamba.com  
TheSamba.com
 
Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon
Page: 1, 2  Next
Forum Index -> Vanagon Share: Facebook Twitter
Reply to topic
Print View
Quick sort: Show newest posts on top | Show oldest posts on top View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:34 pm    Post subject: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

I just picked up a vanagon 9 seater, and have been cleaning it up a bit. Thought i'd share some pics & progress here as it's a pretty cool model. I like that it has rubber floor mats. I used to have a 9-seater bay window & the bulkhead was nice to keep my dog in back while driving. The M-plate looks closer to the ones from a bay window, and i couldn't figure out how to "decode" it. The previous owner said it was a good runner & just had a valve job before they parked it out in the field to rot. Here's some pics.

this is where it sat for 20 years
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


got it home & my dog gave it good look over
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


engine had some rat crap & cob webs
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


3 full rows of seats
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


dealer plate
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


cleaning up
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


stuck a new grill on front
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


flipper seat & bulkhead shot
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


M-plate
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


paint code sticker
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
novws
Samba Member


Joined: October 28, 2016
Posts: 26
Location: Williamsburg, VA
novws is offline 

PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

Cool early Vanagon. I'm enjoying your clean up progress and hope this becomes a project thread.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Classifieds Feedback
borninabus
Samba R&D Dept.


Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 4532
Location: Arizona Highways
borninabus is offline 

PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

hey, there's an air cooled van worth driving Smile
nice score!

i want a thorough report from the nine-person cruise Cool
_________________
71 Ghia A/S - 88 Van A/T - 13 JSW TDI 6M/T
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
M_atthewanderson
Samba Member


Joined: January 25, 2005
Posts: 288
Location: Seattle
M_atthewanderson is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:22 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

Very cool, great find, I'd be really interested in seeing the front seats.
_________________
1980 2.0 Sunroof Vanagon
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail MSN Messenger Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:32 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

mattography wrote:
Very cool, great find, I'd be really interested in seeing the front seats.


I'll get some more pics up asap. I just got the van running yesterday & the engine sounded great! I made a crappy video of it running in the dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MSrZ4v1EaI
The fuel pump was whining because the filter started to clog up though. I'm going to put a good used gas tank in, do some brake work, and wheels & tires as soon as i can afford it.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:35 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

borninabus wrote:
hey, there's an air cooled van worth driving Smile
nice score!

i want a thorough report from the nine-person cruise Cool


Will Do! I've crammed alot of people in a vw bus, but never had a seat for every ass until now
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

Spent the week helping fix a rotten deck on the back of my friends house. Now maybe i can get back at this van!

I am cleaning this tank out cause my other one i had looked pretty crusty inside. I want to get this baby back on the road asap.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
AZ Landshaper
Samba Member


Joined: February 08, 2009
Posts: 1698
Location: The Old Pueblo
AZ Landshaper is offline 

PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 8:13 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

Just maybe put some blocks under those tires. Id hate to read that one of those stands went out and your now looking for a wheel chair or worse. Just looking out.

Im interested to know if you can climb a hill w 9 peeps in there and that aircooler powering u along. Slow and low that is the tempo.
_________________
Support Small Business.

-------------------------------------------------------
85 Weekender w/ EJ22
Previously
64, 71, 72, 73, 76, 81, 84, 85 & 87 Campmobiles and Westfalias
and a 67 bug.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 9:41 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

AZ Landshaper wrote:
Just maybe put some blocks under those tires. Id hate to read that one of those stands went out and your now looking for a wheel chair or worse. Just looking out.

Im interested to know if you can climb a hill w 9 peeps in there and that aircooler powering u along. Slow and low that is the tempo.


Yeah the picture makes it look a bit sketchy, i had to borrow the floor jack for a second to work on a 73 beetle i just picked up.

I'm going to use this as a people hauler for sure, and my dad is going to make a nice full length roof rack for it too. We'll see how it does, hills might require 8 people outside pushing, Laughing
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

mattography wrote:
Very cool, great find, I'd be really interested in seeing the front seats.


Here is a few pics of the front seating.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


I found a hole in the gas tank. Someone had drove in an extra long bolt & punctured the tank!
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


The old tank was no show winner anyway, had quite a bit of rust inside
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


cleaned up the mounting rails
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


I had another tank from an 1981 van i parted out a while back laying around, so i cleaned it up & installed it along with a new filter.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.



Also replaced this piece of rubber that someone had covered in silicone crap.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


good used one i had laying around
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


The van is running good & fuel pump is not making a howling noise at all. I need to do some bleeding on the brakes & get this van tagged up so i can go drive it now.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
ssk
Samba Member


Joined: February 09, 2009
Posts: 146
Location: UK-berlin-bucharest,germany-romania-London
ssk is offline 

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:35 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

consvws wrote:
The M-plate looks closer to the ones from a bay window, and i couldn't figure out how to "decode" it.

this is where it sat for 20 years
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


got it home & my dog gave it good look over
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


engine had some rat crap & cob webs
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


3 full rows of seats
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


dealer plate
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


cleaning up
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


stuck a new grill on front
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


flipper seat & bulkhead shot
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


M-plate
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


paint code sticker
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


hi there,try to use the mplte decoder from the baywindow ...my '80 vanagon have the same mplate and it worked using the baywindow decoder Smile cheers
S
_________________
rust is not a crime

'69 daily driver-gone
'77 daily driver-gone
'80 Reimo daily driver
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:07 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

ssk wrote:
hi there,try to use the mplte decoder from the baywindow ...my '80 vanagon have the same mplate and it worked using the baywindow decoder Smile cheers
S


I tried that & all it said was that it was delivered to Portland, OR & everything else said "cannot be identified"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

gave her an oil change, some new fuel lines, and bled the brakes. Fixed the tail lights too.


Link
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

popped the old crusty tires off the four (10/79) date matched rims. & gave them a good scrub down.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

I might paint them, but kinda think they look fine as is. Definitely need to get some new tires for the van. The donor wheels i have on it now are pretty rough.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

I did tag & register the van yesterday & have been driving around in it lately.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Next i'll try & polish the paint up a little & get the rear bumper back on with a nice tow hitch.
I was able to put my finger right through the crusty old muffler in spots, so i still need one of them too...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
borninabus
Samba R&D Dept.


Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 4532
Location: Arizona Highways
borninabus is offline 

PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 5:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

still waiting for the 9 passenger drive report.
although, those balloons look like they wouldn't care much for it.

nice work!
keep-on-keepin-on Cool
_________________
71 Ghia A/S - 88 Van A/T - 13 JSW TDI 6M/T
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
rmcd
Samba Member


Joined: October 29, 2010
Posts: 1348
Location: PNW - its a dry rain.
rmcd is offline 

PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 6:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

My gut is that is a rare beast but I ain't no expert. Someone know?

Single cab steel wall, dual front seat, and steel front seat pedestal. Then cubby glove box and rear seat options? 1979?

Can't be too many of those options around?
_________________
VW LT40 build. Like a Vanagon but 30% larger in every direction and 40% slower even in metric.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=749359&highlight=
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
nemobuscaptain
Samba Member


Joined: March 07, 2002
Posts: 3874

nemobuscaptain is offline 

PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 6:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

My first beach trip was in an aircooled vanagon almost like that. I head no idea it was rare.
_________________
Ohio Valley Tribe, Full Moon Bus Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/294422277314227/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FullMoonBusClub

RIP Bob Hoover https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=427791
Hoover Sermons: https://www.vwsage.com/images/vwsage/Bob%20Hoovers%20Sermons.pdf
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:42 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

borninabus wrote:
still waiting for the 9 passenger drive report.
although, those balloons look like they wouldn't care much for it.

nice work!
keep-on-keepin-on Cool


I'll get right on that. Don't want to push it too much with the rotten tires though

rmcd wrote:
My gut is that is a rare beast but I ain't no expert. Someone know?

Single cab steel wall, dual front seat, and steel front seat pedestal. Then cubby glove box and rear seat options? 1979?

Can't be too many of those options around?


It is a very cool & unusual model. I don't see them like this very often, but i'm not sure if it qualifies as being rare. I would like to see some others, if anyone else has a 9 seater to share please do!

nemobuscaptain wrote:
My first beach trip was in an aircooled vanagon almost like that. I head no idea it was rare.


nice, like i said before. I'm not going to call it rare at the moment, maybe there are lots of them in hiding somewhere Question

anyway, here are some pics of the van with my other '79 which happens to be sporting a aircooled 2.0 out of a '81 vanagon
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:19 am    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

rusty muffler off
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


found a better rear bumper with rubber impact strip
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


New muffler should be here today, so i hope to have it back together here shortly.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
consvws
Samba Member


Joined: April 07, 2009
Posts: 949
Location: Roseburg, OR
consvws is offline 

PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Air-cooled Oct. '79 9-seater Vanagon Reply with quote

ok new muffler is on, but i need a support strap for it because mine rusted away Laughing
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Forum Index -> Vanagon All times are Mountain Standard Time/Pacific Daylight Savings Time
Page: 1, 2  Next
Page 1 of 2

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

About | Help! | Advertise | Donate | Premium Membership | Privacy/Terms of Use | Contact Us | Site Map
Copyright © 1996-2023, Everett Barnes. All Rights Reserved.
Not affiliated with or sponsored by Volkswagen of America | Forum powered by phpBB
Links to eBay or other vendor sites may be affiliate links where the site receives compensation.