Found 61 swivel seat camper

[Red Fau Veh]

I have finally found a cool split bus, it is a white 61 camper bus. I saw the roof behind a wall and stopped to ask about it and the owner was nice. They have had the bus since 1968 and somehow nobody ever saw it sitting in the yard. The lady was named Georgia and that is what we are calling the bus. Tomorrow I will start clearing the escape path. Pretty nice straight bus with not much damage or rust. I'm excited, I made an offer and the owner said that it was "more than fair" did I mention I got it for 300 bucks? Fun bus imo, can't wait to drop thousands into her.

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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[aa390392]

Great find get it out of there and post up some pics.
Thomas
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getting grumpy & less tolerant!


55 ragtop
56 delux sedan
56 Kabriolet

[RPGreg2600]

300 bucks and it's a walk through? I hate you.

[Red Fau Veh]

It is a walkthrough and it has the front seats. The taillights are 40 something Chevy, the owner said he put them in. He said the engine blew on a trip in Mexico taking his kids fishing. It was purchased here in Prescott Az. by the owner for 1,432.08 in October 1968.
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[vw7266]

i wanna see the bike laying next to it


nice score

[Red Fau Veh]

I was searching for buses with the same walkthrough and mine is different. It has bulkheads like this picture, so it is a swivel seat bus.

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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[vw7266]

yeah its a SS then good score

[CaLiBus]

Wow . For $300 is a major score!

Hopefully your seats look like these seats here. Worth thousands now.

[Wolfsburg Classics]

A swivel seat double door.....nice bus and a kool find, High hinge and Dove Blue as well.

Nice!

[CaLiBus]

[seizure66]

Nice job! That is some crazy stuff! They are still out there, and there are still some good folks around!

[Red Fau Veh]

I can't wait to see if both seats swivel! I never even heard of a swivel seat bus until last night, is it rare? I hope it has alot of cool parts inside. We found a hubcap and a 15 inch crows foot wheel, but today we will find the rest out.
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[rebapuck]

Back in 1990, I found two campers for sale for $300. Can't believe I had to think about it.... Yes I bought them.
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Judy
1966 Camper "Hannah"
1967 SingleCab "Khady"

[crukab]

[Das Dragon]

The tail lights are from a '54 Chevy. Put the lights on eBay, someone might want the chrome ring if they are in good condition.
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DB3 said:
"Awesome!!!
*********'s constant over-estimation of his own importance never ceases to amaze me."

With *****, "Bullshit Happens"!

[CaLiBus]

[Red Fau Veh]

Ok we cleaned it out and here is what I have. My good camera suddenly failed last night so I broke out an old cell phone, sucks but these are what I have today.

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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[Red Fau Veh]

Model Type 2 (T1) mod. 211 :
- Panel van
- Cargo doors right
- LHD
Chassis number 681831
Serial number 21681831
Modelyear 1961
Planned production date November 09 ,1960
Paint color
L345 - Light Grey
Interior color (doorpanels and seats) 80 - Grey
Destination USA, Los Angeles



M-CODES
M-CODE Description Concerned models From chassis number To chassis number
199 Seat belt mounting points -
199 Swivel driver's seat Panel Van, Camper, Kombi. Also used on Flipseat Westfalia campers

360 USA market package, including M164 and M176 -
164 Sliding door - Deluxe, 1960's 241,244

164 Front blinkers -
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey

[ricekooker]

It's definitely a panel van camper conversion unless they closed up the rear set of windows. Either way, nice score!

[Red Fau Veh]

I fixed the mplate readings, had a few numbers wrong at first.
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey