Where Are They Now Type II Count Thread

[AlteWagen]

The East Vs. West thread (which is mainly a pissing contest between two posters) has shown that many type IIs change hands and move back and fourth over the years. The rusty east want early VWs and have to buy out west, the dry west want rare mcode buses and bring in rust buckets from the east. The UK wants them all and has the $ to import.

Post your decoded M Code specs including delivery port and current location of your beloved ride and as much history of its past as you can (how long its been where).

This is not a style contest or a slammed vs stock type thing, Im only trying to find out how many type IIs are still out there and where they originated. In another thread it was speculated that only certain geographic areas got certain M Codes (only the south got safaris and the north got gas heaters, the south got 6 popouts and the north only got 2, etc), if any trends in the delivery port and options arise i will post the data.

My prediction is the east had more buses delivered but the west has more survivors.

Ancient pics are OK but the bus must still exist and not just be a bulkhead or vin tag. If you are not the current owner please state so and list last known location.

edit:
This thread will not be a "coast" thing, the main reason of the count is to look at delivery port and option data and the possible trends that may result.

Current location info will also be posted and readers can interpret the data as they wish.

[don.ville]

VW M-Code
19 9
425 025 043 114 139
UF 2212 121883 7029020
Sept 19, 1966
USA, san francisco
22/28 Microbus
Nitro-lacquer finish
Sea blue lower paint
Cumulus white upper paint
Mesh grey/grey interior
Safety belts
Prep for Swiss lic reqs
6 poput side windows
Sealed beam headlamps, red tail lenses
North american export package


Currently in West Palm Beach, FL
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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
04 Jetta TDI Page (SOLD)
01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[66ratrod]

First a Los Angeles bus, but sometime in the past 44 years, it found it's way under a hippie's house outside of Tallahassee.
Now residing in the tent building behind my house

Model Type 2 (T1) mod. 281 :
- Microbus
- Cargo doors right
- Short middle seat
- LHD

Modelyear 1965
Planned production date March 21 ,1965
Paint color
Color upper part : L472 - Beige Grey
Color lower part : L555 - Titian Red

Interior color (doorpanels and seats) 83 - Mesh Grey
Destination USA, Los Angeles

M-CODES

002 With US specific USA: Sealed beam headlights and pre-heat flap delete (?) -
081 Split front seats (walk-through) Microbus and Deluxe


114 6 popout side windows -
125 Michelin X steel radial tires -

Yes, it turns out the 66ratrod is a 65
removed VIN # for paranoya reasons
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1966 Standard Bus (No longer a ratrod)

"ACWVs are like having a sick dog that has a 100 year life span and needs constant medical attention... that you ride to work daily."
-Brian

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[AlteWagen]

Damn I thought I would be the first to post and two guys beat me to it!

Found in 1993 under a pine tree at a lawyers house, $300 later and she was mine, ALL MINE (in my best daffy duck impersonation!)

today

UH Houston/San Antonio delivery
378 north american equipment includes 6 popouts
025 us spec bumpers, 6 popouts, seatbelts
130 deluxe without sunroof and roof windows

Documented Los Angeles resident from 1970-2010, now in Sacramento. Old repair receipts (engine and transmission replacement from VW dealer) show it did at least visist Pennsylvania.

[hugheseum]

interesting thread,but.................what about the ones that actually matter? they are all pre mcode
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Have a great day!

[Culito]

I'll play.

June 8th, '62 Turkis Dusty Conditions Single Cab
Port of entry - New Orleans
Sold new from Glass VW in Greenville, MS, and spent most of its life in the rural areas around Greenvile and Noxapater. Last registered in 1988 in Oktibbeha County, MS. Supposedly sat in a field / barn until 2007 when I bought it.

Now resides in Columbia, MO.

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Copyright CJ Industries, Inc.
'64 standard w/2.0L type 4
'62 bug

[EmpiGT]

Hey Culito, did you buy it in Mississippi or did someone else bring it to Misery?

[spookymulder]

[my65vert]

it would make your head spin if you knew what could be done with the info bieng posted here.
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OGJHC
Kombisutra;
I'm starting to get little wafts of bus stink coming from the north. Something about the unique scent of drivers seat padding when it's glued together with mouse piss and shit that really gets me going... and I'm smelling it! Oh yeah! Time to start loading up the equipment.

[Culito]

[Split 66']

07 0

October 7, 1966. I joined TheSamba.com on her 44th birthday, coincidence .

425 002 081 114

North American export package including safety belts - USA sealed beam headlights - 081? - 6 popout side windows

UF 2512 121872 60385XX

USA, San Francisco - Cargo doors right, left hand drive, short middle seat, Nitro-Lacquer finish - Blue and White - 0385XX would seem to be made in October 1965 for sale in 66, not sure. That would mean I can run slash bumpers without fear of being chastised and persecuted at shows .

I bought this bus on my 18th birthday in August 1990 for $600. It had a seized 1500cc that was sitting in the cargo bed. This picture is after 4 years of working and saving for the engine, trans and lowering kits.

The PO is a friends older brother, who took this bus surfing with his cousin all the time. They went to Baja and parts of Mexico and all along the west coast in general. He sold this to me after the engine seized and he had already purchased a '63 CC to replace it. The price was originally set at $500 until I got there with the money, it then quickly became $600.

Before he owned it, and I have only heard this second hand, the original owner had it up until about 1985-88. At which time, a scavenger found it, bought it and took all the rear seats and kick panels before selling it to my friends brother. That would make me at least the 4th owner, but I will have owned it the longest in about 2 more years.

This bus has always been in the Bay Area of California as far as I can tell and is still here today.

[Split 66']

[AlteWagen]

[zozo]

[hugheseum]

i agree with both of ya............but someone had to type it
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Have a great day!

[turkis-deluxe]

Let's clarify this thread.

Port of entry - yes
M-codes if available and documented - yes
Pictures of current condition - yes
Vin# - Not required (for obvious reasons)

[AlteWagen]

[Split 66']

[dawerks]

[bill may]