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srfndoc
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 Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:48 am Post subject: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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Just purchased an interesting Westfalia brochure for SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile that shows some cool/unique details:
SO42/SO44 with early tents/tent mounts
Poptop canvas is entirely different style not used in production vehicles
Odd/dark color upholstery in SO44
Early curtains shown in all buses
The brochure is in German and is not dated.
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Lind
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| Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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That brochure has to be from 1965 due to the models and colors. 1965 was a crazy year for Westfalias, everything was available, 7 kits, 4 roofs, 3 tents:
SO-22 mosaic
SO-33
SO-34 flipseat
SO-35 flipseat
SO-42 bench seat
SO-42 walkthrough
SO-44
Hardtop
Hatchtop
Poptop
Dormobile Top
small tent
large tent
bigtop tent
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:01 am Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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Definitely seems to be from 1965 (Whale pump). Also seems to be for Europe delivery with no overrider bumpers and popout windows instead of jalousie's.
I also noticed there is no long 1.5" strip of wood above the driver side windows.
This brochure:
1965 SO42 Westfalia Brochure from archives:
Appears to be the same photo shoot/models but some details are different.
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oakman
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| Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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Neat brochure. What does the front cover look like?
I didn't know so-44's had a table on each cargo door, or is that another prototype thing?
Interesting brown/white striped cab privacy curtain on the so-44.
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hazetguy
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| Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 5:57 am Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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I used to have a copy of this brochure. Kinda surprised, with all the literature freaks here, that there isn't a scanned copy in the archives.
The front cover is the white bus with the grey tent (if I remember correctly). I don't think there is any text. And I think back when I had my copy, 1965 was the speculated date based on what others have said as well as vehicular details in the pictures.
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nlorntson
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| Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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| oakman wrote: |
I didn't know so-44's had a table on each cargo door, or is that another prototype thing?
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That's how all SO-44 are. No spice rack like the SO42 had. |
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nlorntson
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| Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:50 am Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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| hazetguy wrote: |
| 1965 was the speculated date based on what others have said as well as vehicular details in the pictures. |
Definitely 1965 for the SO-44. That was the only year for the water tank inlet in the side of the kitchen cabinet. 1966 uses a pair of water jugs stored in the center cabinet. They were only made for two years. |
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:51 am Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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| oakman wrote: |
Neat brochure. What does the front cover look like?
I didn't know so-44's had a table on each cargo door, or is that another prototype thing?
Interesting brown/white striped cab privacy curtain on the so-44. |
Cover is the first photo I posted. The privacy cab curtain is just the normal 'early westfalia' curtains, just looks like brown/white stripe in that photo.
What I thought was odd was the color of the seat material in the SO44. Appears to be a dark shade of blue or green (hard to tell).
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oakman
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| Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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| srfndoc wrote: |
| oakman wrote: |
Neat brochure. What does the front cover look like?
Interesting brown/white striped cab privacy curtain on the so-44. |
Cover is the first photo I posted. The privacy cab curtain is just the normal 'early westfalia' curtains, just looks like brown/white stripe in that photo.
What I thought was odd was the color of the seat material in the SO44. Appears to be a dark shade of blue or green (hard to tell). |
I see the pattern on the cab curtain after looking again. That's such a cool pattern imo.
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| oakman wrote: |
I didn't know so-44's had a table on each cargo door, or is that another prototype thing?
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That's how all SO-44 are. No spice rack like the SO42 had. |
Very cool, thanks for the info!
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| Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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| hazetguy wrote: |
I used to have a copy of this brochure. Kinda surprised, with all the literature freaks here, that there isn't a scanned copy in the archives.
The front cover is the white bus with the grey tent (if I remember correctly). I don't think there is any text. And I think back when I had my copy, 1965 was the speculated date based on what others have said as well as vehicular details in the pictures. |
I sent Everett a scanned copy of the entire brochure and he's posted it in the archives:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/1965_westy_so42_44.php
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| Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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| Sweet, thanks for sharing! |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 2:30 am Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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I loved find8ng stuff like this. Black mates in 3
Aren’t they guilty of false ads for not showing owners covered in oil and grease?
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:30 am Post subject: Re: Early Westfalia SO42/SO44/Mosaic/Dormobile Brochure |
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| peecee69 wrote: |
This looks way cramped.
Do people really remove all their cabinets while camping without setting up the tent? That doesn't seem normal.
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There's a whole lot of weirdness going on in this pic. Two sets of interiors and a tent with no tent mounts on the bus. Maybe the bus of the family pictured is off to the side. 
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