Official Swivel Seat Bus Thread

Riff Raff · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:28 am Post subject:

Is everybody firm on the years these were made?
Reason I wonder is the stretch bus at the wreckers had bulkheads that I thought were a PO hack, but look very much like the wide top SS bulkheads.
The stretch bus was the ill conceived spawn of a 57 Standard and a 58 Kombi, definitely pre 59 as the one VIN dated it to jan 58 and some of the glass was medium sized logo, so I thought 57 for some reason.
I had posted some pics in the abortion thread, but I don't remember if any showed the bulkheads.
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sled · Samba Member Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179

so far, swivel seats are known to go from very late 58 (59 model year) to very late 1962 (63 model)

does anyone have a 1963 BUILD year swivel seat bus?
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squareonair · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:08 am Post subject:

not sure what year.but this is what i found a few months ago

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Aaron · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:20 am Post subject:

How many of these buses have the provision for a driver side seat belt and do any (other then my highroof) have the factory provision for a passenger side seat belt? The plugs in the "walk-thru" area are what I'm really interested in seeing. Thanks
I'm digging the SS Kombis, maybe someday I'll have one.

KombiMonster · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:22 am Post subject:

Aaron · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:29 am Post subject:

^^quick pic change there, first one had me going Question

sled · Samba Member Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179

ahhhh so the Royal mail bus has changed hands?
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KombiMonster · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:51 am Post subject:

j.pickens · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:31 am Post subject:

If the Royal mail SS Kombi is the same as the red interior one you show, then we are still stuck at 8 SS Kombis.

9, do I hear 9?
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poptop · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:38 am Post subject:

[quote="squareonair"]not sure what year.but this is what i found a few months ago
Ebersbacher vent which makes me believe heater and more importantly controls for said heater on the bus you posted. not to go off topic or anything!! I am a coulda been SS owner so i check them out!!how manys that 8!!
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j.pickens · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:39 am Post subject:

Since this bus, which was just "found" kinda started my attempt at counting SS Kombis, I'll add it here, and call it:

#9

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Aaron · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:53 am Post subject:

^oh, you mean the "drama SSK", yeah guess that's #9

scvw · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject:

Didn't Grim find one recently that had a bulkhead panel welded in? Has that one been counted?
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poptop · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:21 pm Post subject:

sled · Samba Member Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179

j.pickens · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject:

sled · Samba Member Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179

Aaron with chime in with the date, but I recall it being sometime in june/july of 1962.

I was just talking to a buddy of mine in norcal who just got a 63 panel (sept or oct of 1962) that is a swivel seat. Its the latest swivel I have personally heard of.
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swivel'n · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject:

ok guys i know that my post got stopped but i was told to take it down til i finalized the deal... weell today i towed it home for a greta deal.... double swivel but no swivel seats... will get pics and a thread started soon
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sled · Samba Member Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179

all swivel seat buses have the swivel bulkheads on both left and right sides. It is extremely uncommon for a bus to have TWO swiveling seats, let alone a stationary passenger seat. 99% chance your kombi only had a drivers seat.

as you can see in this swivel seat kombi, it has two swivel bulkheads, but only one seat and NO provisions for any kind of passenger seat.

Aarons highroof has some kind of mounts on the passenger seat pedestal, but no one has any idea of what could have been mounted there, could have been a seat or some kind of equipment.

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crusty67t2 · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject:

the 60 has a stationary passenger seat but i think it was added later on...

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