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earlybayjim
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Location: East Dubuque, IL
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 Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 7:53 pm Post subject: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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Hello split bus people.
Finally I've fell into a good deal on a split window bus. I have had a few rusted out shells, but nothing that was nice enough or peaked my interest enough to fix the endless midwest rust!
A good friend and former bus owner sent me a Facebook marketplace ad almost two weeks ago. It only had one picture and the description shared very little information about the bus. It was also listed as the wrong year! With the price listed it appeared to be a scam. Somehow he got the guys phone number right away and sped off to look at it.
Long story short, he put a deposit down and passed the deal on to me for the price of one paint job on a vintage Triumph motorcycle! Thank you Joe!
I picked the bus up on the next day 😀
It runs (barely) and kind of stops! Lights and blinkers work too!
The interior was pitched but it still has the sconces and original headliner along with a few other westy bits 🙂
Its a walk-through and uncut dash! Delivery port was Chicago, IL.
The bus has been inside for approximately the last 10 years or maybe longer. PO bought it from a dealership in Iowa. The fuel smelled awful, but some how it fired up and stayed running long enough to get it on a trailer. The left rear cylinder was leaking terribly, so the brakes were almost non existent... still got it loaded safely on the trailer!
They still had all 5 jalousie windows with the bus so I put them back in place quick so the bus would stay "dry" if it rained.
1500 single port H0 code block. Engine is missing lots of stuff as far as tin and airflow are concerned... tons of holes to plug or make right!
More pics to come.
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velvetgreen
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| ^^ love me some velvet green- fix those rockers and it will look 100 times better! great bus to start with though! |
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earlybayjim
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Location: East Dubuque, IL
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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earlybayjim
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Location: East Dubuque, IL
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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Miskeroo
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Joined: May 30, 2017
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Location: Langley
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| Great bus you have there Jim. I’m looking forward to following your progress |
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earlybayjim
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Location: East Dubuque, IL
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 4:49 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| velvetgreen wrote: |
| ^^ love me some velvet green- fix those rockers and it will look 100 times better! great bus to start with though! |
Thank you! This bus checks a lot of boxes for me, one being the color velvet green! I have wanted a green split or early bay for a long time!
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| Great bus you have there Jim. I’m looking forward to following your progress |
Thank you! I'm excited to do some work on a split bus for once.
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earlybayjim
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 4:54 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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The engine hatch is beat! It still opens, closes, and latches so its good enough!
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Okie Adam
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Joined: November 07, 2003
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Location: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 4:57 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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Wow! Your bus look like a great builder! One of the best so42 colors IMO. Looking forward to watching this come together.
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Okie Adam
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 5:09 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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Is it a 66? Is it an A42 or a D42?
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earlybayjim
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Location: East Dubuque, IL
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 5:32 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| Is it a 66? Is it an A42 or a D42? |
Thank you! Its a 66 and an A42.
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Okie Adam
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 5:42 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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Phew, no expensive OG westy rack or big top tent on your parts collecting list! Although, those big top tents look real good against that velvet green! But then again, what doesn't look good against velvet green?
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earlybayjim
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 6:00 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| Phew, no expensive OG westy rack or big top tent on your parts collecting list! Although, those big top tents look real good against that velvet green! But then again, what doesn't look good against velvet green? |
The tent would be so cool! I'm going to put a full length rack on it eventually. I've always wanted a tintop so I could finally do that.
I'm missing pretty much all of the interior. The panels inside are home made. I thought about just throwing a shitty bay interior in it and beating on it. I'd love to do the shasta snow trip some day, and I dont know if a restored westy with an original interior would belong on that trip?! I do have a few friends around me in the midwest that have a few pieces each of the interior so maybe I could make it happen. Lots to think about.
In the mean time I'm going to take it slow. I hope to have the rockers, outriggers, and lower bulk head fixed after the end of this winter. Register and drive it for the 2022 season. In the meantime I'll enjoy my 68 double cab.
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dtadpole
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 8:01 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| Awesome velvet bus! Great find! |
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 8:29 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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Might want to consider so22/33 interior as per below. Nice thing about this style of interior is that it is fairly easy to remove if you want to use your camper as a kombi (for cargo hauling etc) or vice versa. Pain is of course storing the interior outside of bus when not in use
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1672663 |
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crofty
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 9:47 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| earlybayjim wrote: |
I'm missing pretty much all of the interior. The panels inside are home made. I thought about just throwing a shitty bay interior in it and beating on it. I'd love to do the shasta snow trip some day, and I dont know if a restored westy with an original interior would belong on that trip?!
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My '65 on the 2005 SST.
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earlybayjim
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 10:30 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| earlybayjim wrote: |
I'm missing pretty much all of the interior. The panels inside are home made. I thought about just throwing a shitty bay interior in it and beating on it. I'd love to do the shasta snow trip some day, and I dont know if a restored westy with an original interior would belong on that trip?!
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Thats awesome! I was just picturing some of the videos where they were doing stream crossings and wondering if your interior gets water logged at all?
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 10:59 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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Great find and my favorite SO42 color. Since the interior is missing I wouldn't hesitate to cut a big hole in the roof and make it a Dormobile Westy with a full width bed setup. The room you get with that big popup roof is amazing.
Either way, enjoy it!
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Squilly
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Location: Steamboat Springs, CO
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 11:30 am Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| Beautiful bus! Campers are the best. |
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1970PAKombi
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Location: Denver, PA
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 12:02 pm Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| What a good friend and a great score lol. Lovely camper |
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BarryL 
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: 1966 velvet green so42 tintop |
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| The rear engine tin is rare '66 only. It could be the original engine. |
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