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streetwagens
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well.... yes, it would be quite a useful part to have! 
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oldoval
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Bad ass story, i love cool shit like this!!!!!
my luck i would have dropped it in the middle of the lake 
keep the photos coming, jeff
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Wolf1
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No it is inside again after many many years out in the cold 
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Lowdown Dirty Rat
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Location: Cornwall, UK
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Would be quite something if its OG details could be sussed out  |
it certainly would  ........ exit left towards garage |
Find those numbers  and keep the whole lower half funky green |
interesting! the question is, would that make for a kosher bus  |
That takes us straight back to this hot topic ... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=317072 |
If you can find the original chassis number and the bus is around 50% or a bit less  then its all good in my book.
There is a difference between not having alot of metal to start with but saving as much of it as possible, and making a totally new bus.
the only potential pitfall is if another collector has the lower half and carries out the same detective work.
then two buses turn up a show with the same chassis number and the same % original metal 
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Lowdown Dirty Rat
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what year did they introduce the chrome popouts?
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streetwagens
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No it is inside again after many many years out in the cold
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So Wolf, What is your opinion on this piece, is it possibly enough to make a bus from?  What do you and your friend think? Pictures look good!
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Demian_S
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There are more Swedish barndoor deluxe roofs out there
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henry roberts
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| it needs to be hinged funny car style over a mid mount dragster. |
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Wolf1
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| streetwagens wrote: |
So Wolf, What is your opinion on this piece, is it possibly enough to make a bus from? What do you and your friend think? Pictures look good! |
Well in my opinion, yes of corse.....it is a rare car so I would try to restore it from what he have, and I think he will do that to acctually, he have not made up his mind yet and he is in no hurry to make the final decision either.....if he sell it, well then he dont have any options what to do with it......so we will se, as he says now, he will keep it.
The guy is very talent when it comes to restore cars, and I´m sure he is the right guy to do this kind of work
We will try to serch up the right identity for this acctually bus, it will be a really hard job, but with little luck it can be done I think.....if we will find it, well then it is no question if it should be restord or not.
And then is the question....is it right or wrong ?? Well that is up to others to discuss
Cheers / Wolf
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RockStock
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| And then is the question....is it right or wrong ?? Well that is up to others to discuss |
For me there are several ‘final value’ Categories here to consider
In descending order of value:
1) Original BD, never disassembled
2) Restored BD, always solid
3) Restored BD, minor rust repair
4) Restored BD, major rust repair
5) Restored BD, from just a lower half of a bus (VIN known)
6) Restored BD, from just a top half of a bus (VIN unknown or ‘believed’ tracked)
7) Restored BD, Columbian
Eight) A Gerson ‘new build’ BD
>As a buyer, you should be aware of which category your potential BD purchase falls into!
>For me there is a substantial price difference between Categories 1 and 2, and Categories 3 and 4.
>Categories 6 or 7 could swap!
Oh, and personally I'd like to see this 'BoatBus2' restored!
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dockmaster 
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| How deep is the lake? Maybe they cut the roof of at the boat ramp and let the rest roll down into the lake. Chances are I'd like to think the rest of it is at the base of the ramps some where. Good luck! You could probably drag a claw style anchor and when it grabs metal the rope would get real tight when it grabs a hold of the $$$$$ pressed deluxe bumper! |
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samcocker
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Rockstock, why is a restored Columbian Barndoor so low in your opinion?
Sam |
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RockStock
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they appear to need a lot of work - to the point where they may not ever be properly right again - and they are usually missing most of their original parts
i'm not saying they can never be worth good money (Category 4 to Category 8 may not be that big a price variation)
just that personally I would choose to avoid them, even when put back on the road or restored
it'd be ace to see one that's been done really well
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| Why are all those Columbian Barndoors so fucked up one way or another? Is there even a stock bodied barndoor left down there? |
Skim- From the looks of things there isn't a Barndoor down there that isn't bent up front like the Concorde Airplane or bent in the side like a dog trying to bite a flea on his ass |
this made me smile
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| .....exit left towards garage |
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iprangen
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| Did anyone else have the following idea too? Take the Swedish roof section and the roof section in England and weld them together! You would have the best Easter Egg ever! |
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paxilill
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| Did it rust up that far? or did someone cut it like that? |
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49barndoor
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| Did it rust up that far? or did someone cut it like that? |
Or maybe it was a pixie dust accident |
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SplitPersonality
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| Did anyone else have the following idea too? Take the Swedish roof section and the roof section in England and weld them together! You would have the best Easter Egg ever! :D :D :D |
Why take two separate, "decent" projects and merge them into one - when they "easily" can be restored on their own and the world will live on with both, instea of just one BD DeLuxe based on these.
Go for it Woffe & Partner! Put it on the road - in Sweden! |
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Wolf1
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My friend that own the barndoor samba roof have decided that he will sell the roof to someone that needs it better.
A ad will be put out on the classifieds sektion really soon
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Mango Juice
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| SSsssooollllld! ...perfect donor for my barndoor deluxe westy project! |
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