Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags

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[velvetgreen]

^^ cool look fwd to seeing that thread

[von_hansel]

Super excited to see pics of your early Westy edgood1

[srfndoc]

That was definitely a 65 thing (early water tank with gas tank cap) but the features I mentioned were more around the very first part of 65. Even Fabrik-Nr. 655 with the early curtains I posted already had the later straight down jump seat in the front.

Of course Westfalia would use whatever they had on hand so there doesn't seem to ever be an exact cut off (like progressive refinements) when it comes to the Westfalia kit.

All of this stuff is for the Westy nerds (which I love).
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[velvetgreen]

Thanks all, every time I think the definitive list of early SO42 features, I forget another detail.

So far the list seems to be


-Jump seat with slanted front (is this walk thru only?)
-Metal push buttons on handles
-Early/different curtain pattern (up to model 665)
-early style clamshell's with side cutout
-oddball water tank with equally oddball gas tank lid

Another oddball came to mind which is the positioning of the actual tag on the kit. If mem serves the early SO42's had the tag at the bottom of the closet whereas later SO42's had the tag moved to the base of the Z bed.

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[edgood1]

[von_hansel]

[velvetgreen]

Your bus looks very original! Interesting that your bus doesn't have the metal push buttons, and neither does mine. I have no reason to believe that mine aren't original as they are all the same throughout the bus. If anything your buttons look like bakelite which mine might be as well. My bus is in storage so will have to take a closer look next time.

[velvetgreen]

Just looked at my cabinet buttons which are the same as yours. By my eyes I would classify the button as being made out of bakelite, or something very similar. Notice that the button has more of a brown colouring to it whereas the surrounding handles are black

[Okie Adam]

It's great to see these details being explored. Earlier westy models have been nerded out on for a while now but the so42 is due some respect too!
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62 Single Cab
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67 so42
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64 Karmann Ghia

[von_hansel]

Adding photos to show the difference between the early water tanks vs later water tanks (both with the gas tank size cap) placement.

Up to 850, the filler neck hole center was 58mm from the right side edge of the ice box. You can see in the photo below how close it lines up to the Whale pump.

The later/ second style filler neck hole center is 112mm from the right side edge of the ice box. It is further away from the Whale pump compared to the earlier style.

[edgood1]

Here's a picture of my early style water tank

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'65 Westfalia

[velvetgreen]

Cool thank you so much- am enjoying all the nerding out and details. I am still learning too..

[von_hansel]

Loving that early style water tank

Fabrik #22 has its plate on the bed bottom. The owner has stated that he was missing the jump seat and ice box so he bought a later one, but there was no mention about the bed or closet not being original to the bus.

[edgood1]

[von_hansel]

I sure can. You can find more info on fabrik #22 here.

[von_hansel]

Someone sent me a Spacebook thread where they are discussing Tourist Delivery New Zealand destination SO42s whos Fabrik numbers are not sequential with the start of SO42 production.

This Westy above was built on June 1, 1966 as a Tourist Delivery option with the final destination being New Zealand. We would assume that because of the production date it would have a Fabrik number around 6k, but instead it has a Fabrik number "01" with the year being "1966". Interesting enough another Tourist Delivery with a final destination being the New Zealand market was built on June 3, 1966; it has a Fabrik number "0003". Both Fabrik tags images are posted in the Spacebook thread.


For reference, this RHD SO42 from Australia below has a Fabrik number of 4677, so we know it has nothing to do with RHD models. Why would New Zealand get its own set of Fabrik numbers and Australia wouldn't?

Anyone know why New Zealand SO42 have their own set of Fabrik numbers that are different than all the other markets we have seen? The New Zealand SO42s are not CKD.
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