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Ollie W
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 Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:46 pm Post subject: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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Hello,
I'm considering putting an offer in on this truck, but I see a few things that raise questions for me and for the price?
I was wondering what the group opinion is as I've been out of the Split Bus game for 10 years or so.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2459753
and here's the google album he has with more pics, https://photos.app.goo.gl/6QGcBeCQQ7x19stz5
Feel free to PM me.
Things I see so far are:
Missing rear mat
Missing underside pedal plate
Missing bed wood
Engine fan hoses not present?
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dubman67
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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Wrong turn signals, unless early 62's came with bullets?
Wrong decklid
Wrong rear seat ,Bug?
Looks nice though.
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Lind
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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On any recently repainted bus, I would want to see the before pictures. The body could have been nice or very very bad beforehand and they would both look the same in photos.
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Lind
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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Wrong turn signals, unless early 62's came with bullets?
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Doublecabs delivered to Uraguay had bullet turn signals and euro bumpers. And safari windows.
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Ollie W
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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| Thanks for the input. Think I'll pass, since I'm in Oregon and it's be an expense just to check it out in person. |
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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On a quick look:
* The front and rear seats look wrong.
* Rear seat looks totally wacky
* Master cylinder looks like it's leaking
* The 2 heater tubes underneath the rear are weird and I guess home-made?
* The metal for the bed is wrong - massive replacement with wrong shape?
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chrisflstf
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:34 am Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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| No way would i buy that. The frame underneath is pretty beat. No preheat tubes on intake, wrong air cleaner, etc Too much wrong bs on it |
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adriano
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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| Front beam from a baywindow. |
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Ollie W
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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Wish I could afford this one, but $125K!!
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2488038
I want a truck that mostly original, say a 7 out of 10, that I'm not afraid to park out on the street. Maybe one I could take on the Shasta run again. I'll keep looking I guess. |
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Alan Brase
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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Too nice to drive!
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Alan Brase
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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| Lind wrote: |
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Wrong turn signals, unless early 62's came with bullets?
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Doublecabs delivered to Uraguay had bullet turn signals and euro bumpers. And safari windows. |
Not a horrible truck, just a patched up South American work truck that's probably worked more hours that I have. (And I'm OLD!)
Too bad for the Frankenstein repairs, but somebody did a LOT of work too.
Way too much money and it will have stuff worn out that one will never find worn on a North American truck, where most only were driven a few years.
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Malokin Martin
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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You really need to look at this in person. The saving grace of double cabs is that you remove the fuel fire wall under the back seat and take a look at what’s not so pretty in the void space. Nobody bothers to go over it, so it will give you a good opportunity to see what it was like before.
All signs point to not so great of care was taken to get this back on the road though. The underside looks pretty gnarly compared to the outside. And the back seat is cobbled together. Who does that? You just have to ask: If they made shortcuts with everything underneath, what does that say about what they DID work on?
Personally, I would much rather start with a rusty one and make it pretty as I went through it.
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| No way would i buy that. The frame underneath is pretty beat. No preheat tubes on intake, wrong air cleaner, etc Too much wrong bs on it |
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Ollie W
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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Agreed, when I put a gas heater in my 61 dual cab, it was under the back seat that I got the real history of the vehicle.
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You really need to look at this in person. The saving grace of double cabs is that you remove the fuel fire wall under the back seat and take a look at what’s not so pretty in the void space. Nobody bothers to go over it, so it will give you a good opportunity to see what it was like before.
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widehatch
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| Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:22 am Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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holy cow!! look at the extra set of pictures. look at the painted over bed rot in the engine compartment above the wheel wells
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Clara
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| Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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| Lind wrote: |
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Wrong turn signals, unless early 62's came with bullets?
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Doublecabs delivered to Uraguay had bullet turn signals and euro bumpers. And safari windows. |
Yes VR port code is Uraguay.
I was wondering about the bullets. Should it have euro wiring with two tone taillights like a euro spec 62, then?
176 is overrider bumpers.
Body rust and wear is more important than a bumper that's bolted on, IMO.
Though the higher the price, the more I would want the right bits bolted on.
117 is no seats in rear cabin, according to this site.
710 is also possibly a Uruguay Truck code, possibly to do with gates.
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Ollie W
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mandraks
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| Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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certainly too rusty under the shiny paint. would not pay to have it re-imported from France.
Without the rust issues it would be a very desirable high hinge crewcab.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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| mandraks wrote: |
certainly too rusty under the shiny paint. would not pay to have it re-imported from France.
Without the rust issues it would be a very desirable high hinge crewcab. |
would not pay to have it re-imported from France.
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Alan Brase
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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| Clara wrote: |
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certainly too rusty under the shiny paint. would not pay to have it re-imported from France.
Without the rust issues it would be a very desirable high hinge crewcab. |
would not pay to have it re-imported from France. |
Good point, but REIMPORTATION would likely have the advantage that the 25% chicken tax does not have to be paid a second time, if the vehicle was previously in the US. Perhaps this one was never in the US?
Still best to use an experienced RI, Registered Importer.
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mandraks
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Honest opinions about this truck? |
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| Alan Brase wrote: |
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certainly too rusty under the shiny paint. would not pay to have it re-imported from France.
Without the rust issues it would be a very desirable high hinge crewcab. |
would not pay to have it re-imported from France. |
Good point, but REIMPORTATION would likely have the advantage that the 25% chicken tax does not have to be paid a second time, if the vehicle was previously in the US. Perhaps this one was never in the US?
Still best to use an experienced RI, Registered Importer. |
it was imported from california it says in the ad.
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