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SamboSamba22 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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notchboy wrote: |
SamboSamba22 wrote: |
Must be an early production 75 model. |
Or someone added one of the tables? |
Well sure, someone could've removed the swing table and jump seat, added the more common fold out table, but assuming it is still a stock setup, my understanding is that the 75 model had the swing table and jump seat.
76 was the beginning of the layout change, cabinetry along driver side, with the pivoting passenger seat, whereas 74 had the more typical cabinets behind both front seats, with the fold out table.
Any funky mid-year model business anyone is aware of? _________________ The Bus Barn Ltd. Co.
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51057 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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SamboSamba22 wrote: |
notchboy wrote: |
SamboSamba22 wrote: |
Must be an early production 75 model. |
Or someone added one of the tables? |
Well sure, someone could've removed the swing table and jump seat, added the more common fold out table, but assuming it is still a stock setup, my understanding is that the 75 model had the swing table and jump seat.
76 was the beginning of the layout change, cabinetry along driver side, with the pivoting passenger seat, whereas 74 had the more typical cabinets behind both front seats, with the fold out table.
Any funky mid-year model business anyone is aware of? |
I've seen mid year oddities on stuff VW made and had massive stockpiles of parts to use up, but I think Westfalia was more of a "make it just before it's installed" sort of operation. I suspect a cabinet got damaged and a PO found a near match at a wrecking yard. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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notchboy Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2002 Posts: 22416 Location: Escondido CA
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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busdaddy wrote: |
SamboSamba22 wrote: |
notchboy wrote: |
SamboSamba22 wrote: |
Must be an early production 75 model. |
Or someone added one of the tables? |
Well sure, someone could've removed the swing table and jump seat, added the more common fold out table, but assuming it is still a stock setup, my understanding is that the 75 model had the swing table and jump seat.
76 was the beginning of the layout change, cabinetry along driver side, with the pivoting passenger seat, whereas 74 had the more typical cabinets behind both front seats, with the fold out table.
Any funky mid-year model business anyone is aware of? |
I've seen mid year oddities on stuff VW made and had massive stockpiles of parts to use up, but I think Westfalia was more of a "make it just before it's installed" sort of operation. I suspect a cabinet got damaged and a PO found a near match at a wrecking yard. |
Make it before installed?
Using the old before the new - sure. Ive been going through this with the T3 guys on stuff made in 1964. Now to 1975 was a long time ago with lots of possibilities - the one where someone changed something along the way seems to be the most ideal. A vehicle where one cohabitates is more likely to receive "improvements" than a sedan. Two tables? Unless ordered that way, sure. Otherwise sounds expensive to just pass down the line to me.
Anything is possible but I think Westfalia stockpiled for a nuclear winter for sure And we get 74 stuff when you think its 75...... and so on such is the way of VW.........
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SamboSamba22 Samba Member
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busdaddy Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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Believe what you like, but if you look at each singular stack in that woodshop photo it's only one component of a single cabinet for a particular model, they were spitting out a trainload or two each day of finished campers just for the North American market, stockpiling furniture (even dismantled) would have required a gargantuan warehouse you could see from space, that's a fraction of one shift's worth of wood parts there. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22573 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 2:59 am Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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About 400 Busses a day total, but what fraction were campers?
I still think a CFO today would freak at that much inventory on the floor, of course, inventory became the Antichrist in B school in the 1990s. _________________ .ssS! |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5778 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:14 am Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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notchboy wrote: |
Anything is possible but I think Westfalia stockpiled for a nuclear winter for sure And we get 74 stuff when you think its 75...... and so on such is the way of VW.........
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That looks like about a week's worth of cabinet parts, there. Not exactly a stockpile.
Cool photo, though! _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
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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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notchboy Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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Oh come on, relative to Westfalia stockpile not Hanover stockpile
Jeez. But I did say nuclear winter. _________________
t3kg wrote: |
OK, this thread is over. You win. |
Jason "notchboy" Weigel
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DougB Samba Member
Joined: January 09, 2007 Posts: 1076 Location: Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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Hey, all, quick question (not related to cabinet wood
The hinge for the seat bottom of the rear bench seat...when the bed is fully folded out, I think you're supposed to be able to lift up the seat and have it click or something, and then push it back down to lift the bench seat back.
Mine seemed to work like this for a while, but not anymore.
Anyone have any pictures of these hinges, so I might compare them to mine to see if any pieces are missing?
Thanks in advance!
- Doug
PS - I have a '75 hardtop headbanger cabinet (nice shape), ice-box internal enclosure (decent, with one repair made with epoxy), and new rear bench seat foam available. I'd let them go cheap if you come and get them in northern VA. _________________ '75 Campmobile (tin-top to SpaceRoof)
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Magion Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2016 Posts: 236 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 11:09 am Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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Hi all, I was wandering if anyone could help me identify this part.
When I bought my 1975 Westfalia I found this part inside the cabinet. It fits exactly inside of the top cabinet so I think it has to be placed somewhere around there.
Any thoughts? Thank you
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notchboy Samba Member
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67ctbug Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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I got a question about a '74 I recently looked at. It had a very weird westy set up... It had dual rear cabinets, a headbanger, and the sink unit was thin and had a very small cushion on it. It was also coded for ravenna green instead of yosemite yellow. You can kind of see the sink in this pic...
Is this an optional set up or is it custom? The sink looked like it was a pro job at least. _________________ '67 Beetle L41
'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
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KentPS wrote: |
...or the PO envied the terrorists' bus in "Back to the Future". |
mukluk wrote: |
He's fine, just waiting for the dragon in winklepickers to move out of his lane. |
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:36 am Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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67ctbug wrote: |
I got a question about a '74 I recently looked at. It had a very weird westy set up... It had dual rear cabinets, a headbanger, and the sink unit was thin and had a very small cushion on it. It was also coded for ravenna green instead of yosemite yellow. You can kind of see the sink in this pic...
Is this an optional set up or is it custom? The sink looked like it was a pro job at least. |
Take a look through this thread.
Westfalia Interiors (lots of Pix) |
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67ctbug Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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Tcash wrote: |
67ctbug wrote: |
I got a question about a '74 I recently looked at. It had a very weird westy set up... It had dual rear cabinets, a headbanger, and the sink unit was thin and had a very small cushion on it. It was also coded for ravenna green instead of yosemite yellow. You can kind of see the sink in this pic...
Is this an optional set up or is it custom? The sink looked like it was a pro job at least. |
Take a look through this thread.
Westfalia Interiors (lots of Pix) |
Nothing I saw that looked like it there... _________________ '67 Beetle L41
'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
Go Cubs!
World Series Champions 2016
KentPS wrote: |
...or the PO envied the terrorists' bus in "Back to the Future". |
mukluk wrote: |
He's fine, just waiting for the dragon in winklepickers to move out of his lane. |
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notchboy Samba Member
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67ctbug Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:24 am Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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Probably.... _________________ '67 Beetle L41
'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
Go Cubs!
World Series Champions 2016
KentPS wrote: |
...or the PO envied the terrorists' bus in "Back to the Future". |
mukluk wrote: |
He's fine, just waiting for the dragon in winklepickers to move out of his lane. |
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SamboSamba22 Samba Member
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notchboy Samba Member
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Finchleyboyv Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:41 am Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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Hi just seen the great pictures of pittwagens Frig Nova Kool fridge conversion. Whats the best way of removing (without much damage) my Westy Chiller box?
A few tips would be helpful.
I have a 74 Westy.Cheers |
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bretthale Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: 1974 and 1975 westy info thread FAQ |
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Hi all! Picking up a '75 Orange Westy in a week or two. Very excited! It's a standard, not deluxe.
Anyone remove the cabinets (sink and stove) and install a rear facing jumpseat behind the driver seat? I've owned a bunch of Eurovan weekenders and basically trying to re-create a similar layout.
On that note anyone looking for cabinets?
Thanks!
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