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Pez Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2003 Posts: 583 Location: Texarkana
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 9:19 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Wouldn't say price is out of this world for a Westy(?), But this is a local Bus that has been sitting for years. Everytime I'm in the area I drive by hoping to catch the owner. To buy it? Maybe, but more to meet a local. Then it randomly pops up for sale well out of my comfort zone. I do like the home made high top personally, looks fairly well done too.
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15129 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Uhh yeah... no thanks maybe for $72
not $7200..
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/18839033..._type=post
Seller's Description
Had a fire. Looks exceptionally clean. Nice project. Being sold with a RI bill of sale that says parts only. No title.
I believe it has the Subaru conversion, will wood brakes. Very cool and clean project
found non-FB post, man that rear hitch came out unscathed...
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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At first I thought it wasn't so bad from the exterior pictures.. then I saw that front interior shot! Wowzers!
No. _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
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ImAddicted Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2012 Posts: 1195 Location: Unorganized Territory, Maine
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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What a shame:(.
I mean those ugly wheels but that fire damage is sad as well. _________________ 1979 Transporter (sold)
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earlybayjim Samba Member
Joined: July 12, 2013 Posts: 248 Location: East Dubuque, IL
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:30 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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crukab wrote: |
If it was on FB it would be $7500.... |
It was for sale on Facebook for like 3200$ or something ridiculous like that! The guy had a bunch of crazily priced split window projects as well.
Don't worry, he caught tons of shit on there too! _________________ 1971 Chianti Red Westfalia x2
1985 Westfalia
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theguyryry Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2021 Posts: 100 Location: Portland, OR
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busboy25 Samba Member
Joined: July 27, 2007 Posts: 97 Location: Rochester Hills, MI
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2480731
So I thought this was bad when I saw it on Facebook this morning. But compared to the last few this might be a deal.
I do enjoy how if only we knew what was wrong with it 35 years ago that would be it’s only problem. _________________ 76 Bay - 2056 Type four |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69733 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Muthashabubu Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2008 Posts: 444 Location: SW Ohio
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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 4:17 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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germansupplyscott Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2004 Posts: 7090 Location: toronto
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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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You cannot fault the frankness.
“I do not have any details about why the bus is not running“
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:05 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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danfromsyr wrote: |
Uhh yeah... no thanks maybe for $72
not $7200..
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/18839033..._type=post
Seller's Description
Had a fire. Looks exceptionally clean. Nice project. Being sold with a RI bill of sale that says parts only. No title.
I believe it has the Subaru conversion, will wood brakes. Very cool and clean project
found non-FB post, man that rear hitch came out unscathed...
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i did the subaru conversion years ago on that. the original owner had run out of money and my patients to finish it properly.
i will have to dig, but i have photos of that bus being built.
his biggest downfall was he just didn't want to listen to me.
look at the fuse panel (i'll have to dig up photos when i had it)
for some reason the guy thought the vw wiring was junk, bought a universal harness kit for like a 69 camaro. no joke, this thing had a lawn mower style ignition switch when it left here
anyway, it ended up at another shop in RI called flynn automotive. i spoke to the shop owner. he said it was there for "major electrical issues" and he was trying to finish it up.
from there, it bounced from shop to shop trying to get it sorted. i never saw it again. when it left here you literally had to jump 2 wires to start it. i refused to tie in the subaru harness to the abortion it came here with in terms of wiring
had this guy listened to me for 1 minute, none of this would have happened. i 1000% bet it was electrical that did this, or something got changed in the fuel system along the way.
click here and go to "MORE" and find "bob's 71 bus" and see the slide show
https://401restos.com/
that dude must have had 80-100K in that bus...if not more. so sad. such a waste of time money and talent.
no joke, after dealing with him it took several calls from member Daveark from texas to convince me to do another swap. that guy sucked all the joy out of what i do.
i'll have to dig up photos. the fuse box was literally hanging from a piece of peg board when it left. looking at the photos....it looks like that never got fixed
because i have eyes and ears everywhere a undisclosed person sent me these photos
I know he had listed it for sale. i really hope this didn't happen to the new owner if he sold it. such a fucking waste.
i'm going to try and find the photos from that build. you should have seen the wiring that was in it....total disaster
looks like someone over extended the passenger door and bent the fuck out of it _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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&Dan Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1784
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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What a fuckin' disaster. All that work. Only upside's no one burned to death.
Shit. An enormous winged dollar sign, floating away never to return. |
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germansupplyscott Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2004 Posts: 7090 Location: toronto
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
look at the fuse panel
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There appear to be 3 of them lurking below the dash in this photo?
What a saga! _________________ SL |
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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germansupplyscott wrote: |
There appear to be 3 of them lurking below the dash in this photo?
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i wouldn't be surprised. i'm still looking for the photos which may be gone for good.
i lent him a nose so he could chop out the air box and put in a dash a/c heater unit. i think he was going with heated seats etc etc.
i only got it to a point of driving it in my driveway. it had no glass when it was here. it had some wilwood brake setup that wasn't matched right to the MC and the brake pedal was like stepping on dog shit (it did kinda stop however)
the concept would have been cool if it were executed better. ripping out all the stock wiring was suicide as far as i'm concerned.
when i do these swaps there is a sub fuse panel i use that only has 3 circuits and one of which is the reverse lights. the rest literally marries to the subaru harness without any issues.
i really felt bad and honestly defeated that this bus left the way it did. i can't remember...but i think i did this swap for like 35 or 40 bux an hour and there was a lot of unbilled hours trying to marry all of it together.
sad to see how it ended. if anything this deal taught me to NEVER let the customer run the show. from this swap forward it's been my way or leave....i have a recipe that is proven. i don't need another chef in the kitchen. _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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holy shit...
i found a few pix
ignition switch
fuse box
more fuse box
behind the dash
and the day it left here
like i said it was so bad i made it so you had to jump the starter and power the ECU off the battery to run it. no way was i tying into that mess _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Where is that ignition switch installed? I'm having a hard time identifying it at that angle. Is that the steering column? _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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cmonSTART wrote: |
Where is that ignition switch installed? I'm having a hard time identifying it at that angle. Is that the steering column? |
yes, it's in the pod as if you were looking thru the windshield up into the housing. note the terminal almost rubbing the bracket _________________
gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Got it.
The good news is you can hang a fire extinguisher on the pegboard pretty easily... well could have I guess. _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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the whole thing is sad. breaks my heart to know how this ended. _________________
gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Insurance shouldn’t pay a dime on that.
“ we don’t pay stupid” _________________ .ssS! |
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