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DanM
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 Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:28 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| 160k is bonkers. to get further into the weeds, it's interesting that it only has 2 popputs but has the top level kit with the icebox. I'd be interested to see the m-code plate |
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Old Paint
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2431226
And he called it a "Van" at least 4 times. Even if I had the cash for that VW BUS, I would take of $5k for each time he called it a "Van". Oh wait, member since yesterday...
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Burlyhammer
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Location: Great north woods Maine
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:15 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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There was a Guild automotive TV show with these guys a while back. They do restorations, etc. |
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Clara
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:40 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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There was a Guild automotive TV show with these guys a while back. They do restorations, etc. |
If it's the same bus, looks decent. Not 100%. I like it better at $45k than $159k
It looks like the wood paneling in back was replaced with birch. It possibly? has the original rear roof panel.
Cupboard door as extra cargo door table. - later removed?
Curtains changed.
m-code plate from previous ad:
https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/ag/1/952/70986/790x1024/1960-volkswagen-westfalia |
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otherbeach
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| Clara wrote: |
| Burlyhammer wrote: |
There was a Guild automotive TV show with these guys a while back. They do restorations, etc. |
If it's the same bus, looks decent. Not 100%. I like it better at $45k than $159k
It looks like the wood paneling in back was replaced with birch. It possibly? has the original rear roof panel.
Cupboard door as extra cargo door table. - later removed?
Curtains changed.
m-code plate from previous ad:
https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/ag/1/952/70986/790x1024/1960-volkswagen-westfalia |
Just to add, YouTube on restoration of this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgV5ml6pEY Well, three minutes of it anyway with an emphasis on cabinets.
The video in the old https://www.grautogallery.com/vehicles/2191/1960-volkswagen-westfalia advertisement was from 2014. I wonder if that was around the original $44.9K sale date. Edit: If you look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ0EX-QVD18&feature=emb_logo you'll see what might be tents on the shop floor with a Corvette basically parked on top of one. Experts might know better than me, but I assume these were the Westy's tents being treated poorly!
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von_hansel
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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https://www.grautogallery.com/vehicles/2191/1960-volkswagen-westfalia
They put a Coleman Convertible Cooler in where the fridge goes. It also looks funny with the sun fade outline of the missing mirror on the closet door.
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BulletBus
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:43 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2431504
For that kind of money, how bout a pic of it being actually rebuilt?
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a smith
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| Why is there a large hole in the floor and what are those brackets hanging down? |
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EA57RHD
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2431339
On one hand, this deluxe looks pretty good for the asking price but once you start peeling back the layers, It looks a bit scary.
I see lots of use of fiberglass on outriggers, rivets used in other areas etc.
Who knows whats lurks beneath the paint.
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mastorna
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 10:05 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2431961
60K. You, sir, are smoking crack. Pure crack cocaine. The rock. You high AF. GTFO with that 60K.
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| a smith wrote: |
| Why is there a large hole in the floor and what are those brackets hanging down? |
I am no expert compared to others in this thread, but I believe that is for the propane tank that is seen in the other pictures. There may be a couple of pieces missing that would hold the tank in place.
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EverettB
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EA57RHD
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:41 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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He better be willing to negotiate the price down, waaaay down!
Pure pipe dreams at that asking price. Just crazy.
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Busstom
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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Looks like he agrees, he pulled the ad. |
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teahead
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| Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:33 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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1963 double door 11 window bus
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2432032
Cool, a Double-door!
Obviously a '64 though - big rear hatch, push button doors, etc.
It has the middle seat, very cool
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vin 1096762
the only part where i see the vin present is back in the engine compartment area next to the battery |
Ummm, that VIN # is from April, 1963... Something is up there. |
Weird. Would need a Zertificat if there's no M-code plate to see if that VIN matches a double-door.
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Fish
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| Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:06 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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That is strange. I had a May 28, 1963 double door with small hatch, ice picks handles, 3/4 ton and a Oct. 09, 1963 double door with large rear hatch, push button handles, 1 ton buses. On mine the front brakes shoe size was the difference between 3/4 and 1 ton. I don't remember about the rear brake shoes.
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FarmerBill
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| Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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I predict a lot of "Is this $6000?" questions for this seller.
It's in NY too, let's see the rust.  |
I grew up not too far from Canandaigua. The largest salt mine in North America used to be in Retsof, NY about 35 miles from Canandaigua. Salt was so cheap that the highway departments didn't use anything else. In the 80s and early 90s seeing any car that was over 15 years old on the road was like seeing a classic car. My first bus was a 71 that I bought in 1993, it had holes through everything underneath including the frame rails. |
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finster
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| Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:23 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| EA57RHD wrote: |
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2431339
On one hand, this deluxe looks pretty good for the asking price but once you start peeling back the layers, It looks a bit scary.
I see lots of use of fiberglass on outriggers, rivets used in other areas etc.
Who knows whats lurks beneath the paint. |
that looks really bad underneath and held together with bodge - then there's the alarming photos showing a childs seat fitted 
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