Official august 58s transitional buses thread

[EverettB]

[JZ-77]

Hi all,

This is my 58 bus, originally an 8 seater micro bus it is a walkthrough, the colours are as the original. brought as OG but had to carry out a resto following failing it's MOT on asphalt being used as a filler to hide alot nasties!!!!
Bumpers are original but I have welded up the over rider holes for a cleaner look.
Taken of the additions made to the dash and taken it back to what I believe to be correct for the year apart from the stereo cut out that I wished I had restored back with a blanking plate Dash shelf was replaced for a thin lipped type during resto.

[ozbus]

[FritzCP]

Aug 58 Single cab
VIN 371 973 maybe the first week of August 58

_________________
Fritz Custom Products
Fritz 10 - Tin Screw Torquer
Fritz 124 - Crank Pulley Puller
Fritz 70 - 6306 Bearing Puller
Fritz 44 - Dizzy Puller

[hugheseum]

the transitional pressbumper versions are really interesting and different buses,the big bumper versions are less interesting but still slightly interesting..............all of them built in this timeframe would have originally had all silver white bumpers even the dove blue commercials...........oh yeah and they should have chrome hubcaps,no painted or primered hubcaps=pressbumper era buses
_________________
Have a great day!

[FritzCP]

interesting that the Aug truck I posted and the repainted Aug dark blue one earlier in this thread both have non- eyebrow decklids.
Would the 1958 production year trucks have non eyebrow lid while the buses changed over and had eyebrow lid?
_________________
Fritz Custom Products
Fritz 10 - Tin Screw Torquer
Fritz 124 - Crank Pulley Puller
Fritz 70 - 6306 Bearing Puller
Fritz 44 - Dizzy Puller

[hugheseum]

they would have originally had the eyebrow lid................for many years vw "gurus" said the words "58 only decklid" enough that it became true.........so all the believers tossed the original eyebrow lids and bought "58 only" lids.............................but the myth was busted several yrs ago,turns out the flat lid is actually a mid 57-early 58 production lid........most buses built in 58 had eyebrow lids............even more reason to refer to build dates over model yr
_________________
Have a great day!

[Lind]

[hugheseum]

weird........here i thought i was all smart n shit.........i do have pic of a transitional era truck with chrome caps,but i guess they could have been ordered that way
_________________
Have a great day!

[1 different 58]

HI there Dave yes its Brad mate we are starting to move forward

with the bus after THE NEST OF BROWN SNAKE'S FROGS AND BIRD NESTS.

WE MAY BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL THE BIRTH PAPERS ON IN THE MAIL ORDER THE DAY WE GOT HOME

AFTER CLEANING THE OLD GIRL OUT {WELL MY DAUGHTER DID} AND STARTING TO TIDY HER UP I HAVE FOUND TWO NUMBERS THE REAR WELL HAS WHAT LOOK TO BE 11 IN BLACK PAINT.

AND THE NEXT NUMBER IS IN THE WHEEL WELL AT BULKHEAD AND LOOKS
TO BE SILVER SOILDER THE NUMBER UP THE FRONT WELL IS

{1}
AND IS PLACE IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUS I WILL POST SOME PHOTOT' S
OR IF YOU ARE IN MY AREA GIVE ME A CALL SO WE CAN CATCH UP AND HAVE A LOOK AT THIS TOGETHER

THANKS BRAD

[Mr. OGPaint]

I'm finding conflicting info when searching, what is the official cutoff for crank start aprons? Thanks guys
_________________
https://instagram.com/mr.ogpaint
-
Patrick Hall

[EverettB]

[Wolfsburg Classics]

Wonder about this then....why is there a longer style crank handle to suit the later style bumpers then if they dropped it earlier.
My May '59 so23 is 36hp and I would have presumed crank start as well being 36 and split case box.???

[Alan Brase]

[EverettB]

[Mr. OGPaint]

[ricekooker]

Pressed bumper mango in the classifieds.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2030299

[western auto]

heres an interesting transitional pressed bumper walkthrough camper I posted in the pressed bumper walkthrough forum vin 3779xx

[Alan Brase]

[western auto]