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alman72 Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2014 Posts: 2573 Location: MICHIGAN
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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^ at least you got a reply! I didn't. |
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TweedLinn Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2012 Posts: 287 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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Wow, that sucks. Maybe the nice lady that answered my email got fired for giving them away..! I emailed the northern division, wonder if that makes a difference..? Us Midwesterners are notoriously overly friendly and giving after all _________________ 76 Sportsmobile |
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Bnzz Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2016 Posts: 29 Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:48 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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Yeah I sent an email to them and they replied the next day explaining how they were set up. The lady who answered told me that the guy running the mid-western branch was at the Andrews, In plant where mine was built. I received the sticker in about a week. that was about a month ago. I was impressed |
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TweedLinn Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2012 Posts: 287 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:48 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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People prone to jealousy: I suggest not reading much further...
Here it is, the original upper bunk ladder!! It has no markings, but Nobody will be able to convince me that this isn't made for a bus, the fit is just far too perfect, and as we have seen, the ladder was mentioned in some accesory literature.. It still needs some cleaning, as the P.O. had carpet taped to the rungs, but I couldn't keep it to myself any longer..
How the top of the ladder secures itself to the bus
Bottom feet
Showing the "it looks too right to not be right" fit
Tell me that's not meant to be..
And the grand finale - After fitting so perfectly to the top rail, it is also a perfect tight fight to the floor...!
_________________ 76 Sportsmobile |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5780 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:48 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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I posted this reply int he "Rarest of the rare" thread as well, but repost here, as you did, for completeness:
That is very cool, and is of high interest to us Sportsmobile owners. I would be keen to make up one of these myself, especially after the welding class that I will be taking this fall. I am guessing that building the ladder itself from aluminum could not be too hard. The plastic bits on the ends will be the tricky part.
I would encourage you to document the heck out of that ladder. That is, take careful measurements of dimensions. I expect that the top and bottom plastic inserts would be great candidates for 3D printing, if we could get the solid model files made for them. If you could at least work up some detailed photographs (like various views of the plastic parts against a backdrop of a 1-mm grid graph paper or something) then perhaps others could work up the solid model. _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:13 am Post subject: Sportsmobile Penthouse ladder |
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Sportsmobile Penthouse ladder
TweedLinn wrote: |
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And lastly, I do have a bunk ladder! It was in a Westy parked next to the SM at my top secret honey hole, and I've just always told myself that it got thrown in the wrong bus... I really have no proof either way, other than it really looking like the ladder in the literature...
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People prone to jealousy: I suggest not reading much further...
Here it is, the original upper bunk ladder!! It has no markings, but Nobody will be able to convince me that this isn't made for a bus, the fit is just far too perfect, and as we have seen, the ladder was mentioned in some accesory literature.. It still needs some cleaning, as the P.O. had carpet taped to the rungs, but I couldn't keep it to myself any longer..
How the top of the ladder secures itself to the bus
Bottom feet
Showing the "it looks too right to not be right" fit
Tell me that's not meant to be..
And the grand finale - After fitting so perfectly to the top rail, it is also a perfect tight fight to the floor...!
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TweedLinn Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2012 Posts: 287 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:51 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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Got the Original Sportsmobile armrests/map pockets installed on newly acquired green door cards.
_________________ 76 Sportsmobile
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alman72 Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2014 Posts: 2573 Location: MICHIGAN
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 7:10 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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if only the darn kid in the brocure would move his hand, you could know for sure! does it fit up top when the penthouse is down? Iknow there is an inch or so, just wondered if it would slide in feet first.
I did score a Privacy Curtain for my penthouse on my last trip to the pick and pull |
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TweedLinn Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2012 Posts: 287 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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alman72 wrote: |
if only the darn kid in the brocure would move his hand, you could know for sure! does it fit up top when the penthouse is down? Iknow there is an inch or so, just wondered if it would slide in feet first.
I did score a Privacy Curtain for my penthouse on my last trip to the pick and pull |
Yep fits up top no problem
Lets see that curtain! _________________ 76 Sportsmobile |
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Bala Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2003 Posts: 2613 Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:04 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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Here are some pictures of the Sportsmobile my dad and I recently saved. It is pretty filthy. We're cleaning it up a bit then it'll be for sale.
Dealer option?
Original vinyl?
Every Texas bus has a .22 or similar round in it somewhere.
_________________ 1976 Westy
1966 Beetle
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TweedLinn Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2012 Posts: 287 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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AWESOME!! So much nice padded trim, etc still there.. And more armrests!
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Yep!
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Probably! _________________ 76 Sportsmobile |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5780 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:53 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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Wow - great find, Bala.
I expect that should clean up pretty well, and it seems to have a lot of the original bits and bobs that are pretty special.
What year is it? _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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Bala Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2003 Posts: 2613 Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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We tore out the floor, it was just too nasty and ripped up to keep. We're trying to preserve as much as possible though. We'll include the stuff we remove for the new owner. Even the toilet!
It's an early '73 (October or '72 if I remember correctly). _________________ 1976 Westy
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Sage79 Samba Member
Joined: September 13, 2008 Posts: 433 Location: Holland MI
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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My '73 has the same original vinyl floor. _________________ Dirk
'79 Westy 2.0FI
'73 Sportsmobile 1.7dual Solex 003Auto - now my daughter's
'77 delux 2.0FI 090Auto - now my son's |
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Boesen Samba Member
Joined: April 12, 2011 Posts: 536 Location: Iowa
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Quadratrückseite Samba Member
Joined: January 19, 2007 Posts: 239 Location: Castle Rock, CO
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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vongoldie wrote: |
Oh I will, I'm not sure about that board part of the bottom bed. Would like to see some different views to see how the connection part at the base is and I could fabricate my own. It is such great engineering to see what they can pack into such a little space but still,have a lot of room! |
Sorry I'm a little late to the party...you do have a Country Homes Camper conversion. So do I (a 1978) and thought I had a Sportsmobile for a long time (in fact, I started this thread!! ) Somewhere I have a ton of CHC camper interior pics (mostly Vanagon, but they are very similar) that show the lower bed configuration. I have the same rear seat setup as you, and also don't have the bed board thingie. As for it being a '75, you literally probably have one of the very first, and one of a very few, if any, CHC survivors. At one point I found out that they made a few Bay Window CHCs as far back as '74/'75 I think, but most of them were Vanagons later on. Nice to see another Bay one! I've documented a bit about mine here if you are interested - http://gusthevwbus.com/ Mine has been sitting now for a few years waiting on time to finish pulling the engine and installing a spare I have to see if I can get on the road sometime this century... _________________ 1978 Country Homes Camper conversion
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15144 Location: Syracuse, NY
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alman72 Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2014 Posts: 2573 Location: MICHIGAN
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:52 am Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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^
that is one weird sportsmobile. old bumper, half and half nose clip(both upper and lower blinkers) later color canvas(maybe it is a special remake?), later style pop up (mechanics inside vs outside) and westy windows. |
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alman72 Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2014 Posts: 2573 Location: MICHIGAN
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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I posted this in the side tent thread, but Sportsmobile folk need to see this too. I found some smb literature that I will post as well
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picked this up last week vwoa tag. I was asking Notchboy if he thought the sportsmobile tent in the lit may be the same. possibly.
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alman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Sportsmobilers Unite! |
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sportsmobile literature
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