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Braukuche
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My favorite camper. That tent knocks it out of the park Paul.
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turbo_g
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Bus looks great Paul.
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Beautiful!! Wow... |
This picture makes me smile. Such a beautiful bus. Just perfect.
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:41 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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| Braukuche wrote: |
| My favorite camper. That tent knocks it out of the park Paul. |
Thank you Dan
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zuggbug
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Bus looks great Paul.
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Beautiful!! Wow... |
This picture makes me smile. Such a beautiful bus. Just perfect. |
Thank you
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adam beefcake bruno
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:26 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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I am ready to do some more camping |
Have known about this bus for years but just today read through the entire thread. All I can say is stellar!!!
Question though, why the change to the "later" style tent? More privacy I presume?
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:23 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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| adam beefcake bruno wrote: |
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I am ready to do some more camping |
Have known about this bus for years but just today read through the entire thread. All I can say is stellar!!!
Question though, why the change to the "later" style tent? More privacy I presume? |
Thank you for the kind words. I still have the flat top tent and use it for shade but when I am camping I like the additional room the later style tent gives me. I do have an original early the tent with the widest that I hope to start putting to use.
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:24 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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I have enjoyed the extra room with the later style tent, so with some persuasion from another enthusiast, I have decided to try and make a new top and sides for my westy - the original tent that came with my bus had the snap on the top for the sides, but the sides were missing. I am hoping someone can help me with some pics and measurements of the sides.
here is the material i had matched to a piece of the original tent that came with my bus
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:45 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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Paul -you are not going to rock that original "patina" tent? I am shocked!  Epic job matching the material that exactly where on earth did you find that new material?? |
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:53 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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I have enjoyed the extra room with the later style tent, so with some persuasion from another enthusiast, I have decided to try and make a new top and sides for my westy - the original tent that came with my bus had the snap on the top for the sides, but the sides were missing. I am hoping someone can help me with some pics and measurements of the sides.
here is the material i had matched to a piece of the original tent that came with my bus
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Have you tried reaching out to samba user WAF-VW 53. He had a complete flattop Westy tent he posted pics of back in 2013:
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:24 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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| Paul -you are not going to rock that original "patina" tent? I am shocked! Epic job matching the material that exactly where on earth did you find that new material?? |
haha - i guess i could rock the original tent..
I sent a sample of the original material that was folded on the bottom side of the tent to a company in North Carolina and they came up with this match - It is the same weight of the original material and the color is printed on the fabric. I could not get a company to recreate the material in small quantities so i elected to get it printed.
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:25 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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I have enjoyed the extra room with the later style tent, so with some persuasion from another enthusiast, I have decided to try and make a new top and sides for my westy - the original tent that came with my bus had the snap on the top for the sides, but the sides were missing. I am hoping someone can help me with some pics and measurements of the sides.
here is the material i had matched to a piece of the original tent that came with my bus
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Have you tried reaching out to samba user WAF-VW 53. He had a complete flattop Westy tent he posted pics of back in 2013:
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Todd, I have reached out to him and he is willing to help me the next time he has the tent set up. fingers crossed that it will be soon.
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:50 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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Glad to hear it. Samba to the rescue!
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:37 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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A buddy sent me this photo he saw somewhere. Very interesting sunroof westy with the belt line painted similar to my bus
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Long-roofs
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Wow, some interesting stuff in that photo.
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:51 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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That's a photo of the SO22 Camping Box from the 1958 Camping Fair in Essen Germany.
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earlywesty
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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| That's a photo of the SO22 Camping Box from the 1958 Camping Fair in Essen Germany. |
SO22? That early? Maybe a standard campingbox you mean. I also saw that photo and was dying for a couple more angles. Most interested in the fact it was a sunroof. Thanks for the info on the event name. |
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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| That's a photo of the SO22 Camping Box from the 1958 Camping Fair in Essen Germany. |
SO22? That early? Maybe a standard campingbox you mean. I also saw that photo and was dying for a couple more angles. Most interested in the fact it was a sunroof. Thanks for the info on the event name. |
Apparently it was the introduction of the SO22 by VW at this show. This picture was also on the front cover of the December 2014 issue of the Westfalia Register Post.
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BarryL 
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 5:00 am Post subject: Re: 1956 subhatch |
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My wife and I have been wanting a caravan for a while now. We were waiting for the right one to come up for sale. We are super happy with our new purchase
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