Last Call for an Ice Box!! Also: Split VS Bay Ice Boxes

cris torlasco

Hi all;

I am approaching the end of the 66 hardtop Westy restoration, and still no luck finding a correct ice box...(BTW any help locating one will be generously compensated in parts or cash and immensely appreciated).It is the only part missing, the last piece of the puzzle... I used to find them relatively easy, but have not been successful locating one in the last 6 months. Even though I hate the idea, I am starting to consider using a bay window one. Does anyone know if the general dimensions are somewhat similar among them? Comments? Ideas? Thanks!

vwspijlbus · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:29 am Post subject:

Rare items remain rare... Sad

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NAES · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:04 am Post subject:

I have access to a bench seat ice box that the owner wants to trade for a walkthrough one.

LMK and I'll get you in touch.
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crofty · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:26 am Post subject:

Baywindow ice boxes are taller, have a sink, a different liner and use a different grain pattern on the formica.
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Ragman · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:03 am Post subject:

Lorse has been looking for one forever too. I'm glad I got mine!

Bart · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:12 am Post subject:

I've got a monkey wards unit, I pulled from a 63 american conversion. The door needs to be sanded and painted but the interior is top notch. It's not a westy unit though.
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crofty · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:43 am Post subject:

I have a propane/gas fridge I pulled out of a '62 Westy I'll be selling at BYOB.
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cris torlasco · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:31 am Post subject:

lorse · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:04 pm Post subject:

Did somebody say Ice box???
I need, need, need!!! Crying or Very sad

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velvetgreen · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject:

early bay westy stuff is very similar to so-42 but unfortunately early bay fridges are different enough in height (i know for sure) and possibly width to make it a complete PITA for the purist to cut down to size. As much as of a drag as it is I would keep looking for a so-42 fridge, the amount of cutting, hacking and mod'ing a bay window coldbox to pass off as a convincing so42 would be immense. Plus a lot of the pieces of wood are glued together making disassembly a pain

dieselnut · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:35 pm Post subject:

Cris, I was in a yard out west recently, thought I might be able to find the piece for you but it was the one thing missing from the SO-42 that I looked at.... COuldn't remember if it still had the icebox or not, now I know. Sorry man. (Hey, it's the thought that counts, right? <g>)
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cris torlasco · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your efforts dieselnut, I will hopefully get luckier during the upcoming show season, although who takes the trouble to transport an ice box to a swap meet??... Shocked

lorse · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject:

gearhead · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject: icebox

Ragman · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:10 am Post subject: Re: icebox

german_metal · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:07 am Post subject: Re: icebox

cris torlasco · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:06 pm Post subject:

Done deal. It is now in my garage. Near perfect SO42 bench seat ice box, with all handles, side table, pump, water tank, etc. Scored!!!!!! Very Happy

vwjosh6070 · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:

glad you found one. now, i know where 2 are from 67 westy's. one is at the place i got Trouble, my 60 westy, in Oxford Alabalama, and the other is in Valdosta Georgia. the guy only wants like 350 for the whole bus, but it is rusty, and i think has been hit. both interiors in both of the buses are great. pm me if anyone wants info. i have pics of the bus in bama.

oh, and S.C.

i want that Montgomery ward icebox! Evil or Very Mad

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TeamSpatula · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 8:15 am Post subject: Re: icebox

Campy · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:39 am Post subject:

I have had no trouble finding later model camping units over the years for $40 or less; the older ones are a different story, though. Last spring, I finished a total restoration of my 1963 walk-thru and installed a nice looking Westvalia interior I bought for $15 from two women who had taken it out of their late 1970s camper so they could haul stuff. Just as in my 1957 bus, I had to shorten the closet; everything else fit fine, including the ice box. I used washers to move the eye bolts at the rear inward a little and drilled two small holes in the wall behind the front seat. I will try to take a picture of it and post it.
I will be going down to Bugorama from Chico this Saturday. I might put the 1963 camper in the car show. It will be the dove blue one.


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