Official august 58s transitional buses thread

cris torlasco · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:13 am Post subject:

Hey Adam;

Here is my 7/58 SC. Not sure if it is a transition bus or not, has high tail lights and pressed bumpers. You've seen this truck in person in Eugene and even took measurements of its original hoops several years ago. VIN is 370590. Regards,

Cris

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hugheseum · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:34 am Post subject:

hi cris! truck looks great,its a regular 58,no shame in that! august/september seems to be the nuggets im sifting for......yes i got those measurements from you,had the hoops made.........then ironically the very shop i had do them started reproducing them.........im sure they didnt get the idea from me..............

thats odd on those aussie low tailight/pressbumper buses,i wonder if they just had a larger stack of the pressbumpers in the ckd factory
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cris torlasco · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:01 am Post subject:

Damn, just an ordinary 58 of no transition fame... Wink

Cris

hugheseum · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:29 pm Post subject:

i wish i could see a original august sept commercial,im curious if they had all silver white bumpers
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AlteWagen · Troll Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8503 Location: PNW

still learning about this year but wouldnt the above single cab be the beginning of the "transition" with the eyebrow decklid?

hugheseum · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:00 pm Post subject:

no,while there are those that think theres a "58 only" decklid,its not true,in fact most buses built in 58 had the eyebrow lid,the "58 only" lid is actually a 57/early 58 lid
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54DoubleDoor · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:26 am Post subject:

hey there,

Mike1973 has just forwarded this thread to me.. very interesting indeed.

Heres a pic of my bus in 2000 when I bought it. You wouldn't want to see it now.. i'm ashamed of it... Surprised

RHD semaphore standard microbus from NSW, Australia

VIN # 372268 - dated by wolfsburg as 23rd July 1958. so super close to a transition bus

Bumpers were changed as some are in Oz. Just purchased a set of ribbed bumpers for her after 9 years of chrome late bumpers. What are the other telltale signs of a transition bus.

I'm also trying to find out the OG color of my bus.. the only traceable color now is on the bulkhead sprayed on areas where teh sound deadening was stuck on. Just curious if it was a bus that was painted one color or was OG PG/SG. I'll post a pic of the bulkhead paint soon.

Cheers

Deano
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hugheseum · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:29 am Post subject:

if your bus has the headliner strips for the hardboard panels its a kombi which were mostly dove blue,rarely 2 toned,if it has the strips for the fabric headliner its a standard microbus
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54DoubleDoor · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:04 am Post subject:

It has the clips for a headliner in the cab..
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perello · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:00 am Post subject:

My bus is VIN 384555 and was built the 29 August 1958, primed and sent to Westfalia factory to become a SO23.

Had pressed bumpers, front holes were hacked to fit later type, but the cut metal was just bent back. Tailight holes were also hacked but there are traces of the original holes, so I will check if it is high tailight,
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hugheseum · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject:

cool,any pics?
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M183kombi · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject:

the 'hate bus' was a transitional bus

hugheseum · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:41 am Post subject:

hate bus

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hugheseum · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:42 am Post subject:

dang a transitional mango......they got the tailights right but got too artsy on the bumpers.... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=868263
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jeremyrockjock · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:17 am Post subject:

You getting rid of your deluxe Adam?
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hugheseum · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:46 am Post subject:

i would,but most folks will be too scared to see its potential yet,you selling yours?
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jeremyrockjock · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject:

negitive
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AlteWagen · Troll Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8503 Location: PNW

a discussion on 58-59 model year differences was on a type I forum and I noticed that the type II was also listed as changed on November 1st 1958. Would this explain the transition and use of 58 parts past the accepted model year month?

hugheseum · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject:

it could......i dont personally put alot of stock in vws literature.....theres too many things that contradict
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