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Ragtop
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 Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:36 pm Post subject: How Rare are 2 Tone Kombi |
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Just trying to see how rare a Factory 2 tone paint Kombi is. Not a Westy
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sled
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:41 am Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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m-code plate?
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Lind
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:08 am Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| Ragtop wrote: |
| Just trying to see how rare a Factory 2 tone paint Kombi is. Not a Westy |
If you have seen one, you have seen them all... (known existing examples that is)
Your bus is VERY rare.
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| m-code plate? |
real deal monster bus
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sled
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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I'd love to see the disc brakes!
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Ragtop
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| Lind wrote: |
| Ragtop wrote: |
| Just trying to see how rare a Factory 2 tone paint Kombi is. Not a Westy |
If you have seen one, you have seen them all... (known existing examples that is)
Your bus is VERY rare.
| sled wrote: |
| m-code plate? |
real deal monster bus
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Thanks Lind
Just trying to get an Idea of how many are out there |
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tisius
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| sled wrote: |
| I'd love to see the disc brakes! |
i was thinking the same thing!
maybe a mistake in the certificate?
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mandraks
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| tisius wrote: |
| sled wrote: |
| I'd love to see the disc brakes! |
i was thinking the same thing!
maybe a mistake in the certificate? |
Maybe it is just the code for short middle seat?
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Ragtop
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| mandraks wrote: |
| tisius wrote: |
| sled wrote: |
| I'd love to see the disc brakes! |
i was thinking the same thing!
maybe a mistake in the certificate? |
Maybe it is just the code for short middle seat? |
082 Cargo floor mountings for short middle seat? Seen on '63 walk-through model 251 Deluxes and 281 Standards
It is a mistake but some later European did have that Mcode for disc brake |
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AS350driver
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| Lind wrote: |
| Ragtop wrote: |
| Just trying to see how rare a Factory 2 tone paint Kombi is. Not a Westy |
If you have seen one, you have seen them all... (known existing examples that is)
Your bus is VERY rare.
| sled wrote: |
| m-code plate? |
real deal monster bus
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Imagine the feeling of winching that bus up on your trailer...
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sled
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| Ragtop wrote: |
| mandraks wrote: |
| tisius wrote: |
| sled wrote: |
| I'd love to see the disc brakes! |
i was thinking the same thing!
maybe a mistake in the certificate? |
Maybe it is just the code for short middle seat? |
082 Cargo floor mountings for short middle seat? Seen on '63 walk-through model 251 Deluxes and 281 Standards
It is a mistake but some later European did have that Mcode for disc brake |
are you saying there were split buses that left the factory with disc brakes?
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Ragtop
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| sled wrote: |
| Ragtop wrote: |
| mandraks wrote: |
| tisius wrote: |
| sled wrote: |
| I'd love to see the disc brakes! |
i was thinking the same thing!
maybe a mistake in the certificate? |
Maybe it is just the code for short middle seat? |
082 Cargo floor mountings for short middle seat? Seen on '63 walk-through model 251 Deluxes and 281 Standards
It is a mistake but some later European did have that Mcode for disc brake |
are you saying there were split buses that left the factory with disc brakes? |
I didn't say split buses. I was told it was used for European buses but might have misses understood |
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Ragtop
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare is 2 Tone Kombi |
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| AS350driver wrote: |
| Lind wrote: |
| Ragtop wrote: |
| Just trying to see how rare a Factory 2 tone paint Kombi is. Not a Westy |
If you have seen one, you have seen them all... (known existing examples that is)
Your bus is VERY rare.
| sled wrote: |
| m-code plate? |
real deal monster bus
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Imagine the feeling of winching that bus up on your trailer...
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Here's it is in its current state,hope to be done soon
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Ragtop
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare are 2 Tone Kombi |
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Would be great to see the M Codes |
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FarmerBill
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare are 2 Tone Kombi |
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Strange special order. Optioning a Kombi until it becomes a standard sunroof without a cloth headliner. Maybe that was the point, no headliner to get torn.
Or did it just leave the factory in that configuration? I once owned a 1979 Ford F150 that had Custom trim down one side and Ranger trim down the other. I bought it from the original owner who said it came like that from the factory. I also knew a guy with a 1/2 ton Chevy that turned out to have been optioned to 3/4 ton but kept the 1/2 ton badging. He was the first owner and bought it off the lot like that. |
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Ragtop
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare are 2 Tone Kombi |
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Strange special order. Optioning a Kombi until it becomes a standard sunroof without a cloth headliner. Maybe that was the point, no headliner to get torn.
Or did it just leave the factory in that configuration? I once owned a 1979 Ford F150 that had Custom trim down one side and Ranger trim down the other. I bought it from the original owner who said it came like that from the factory. I also knew a guy with a 1/2 ton Chevy that turned out to have been optioned to 3/4 ton but kept the 1/2 ton badging. He was the first owner and bought it off the lot like that. |
It is a Kombi not a standard. Someone must have order it this way. IMO |
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare are 2 Tone Kombi |
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I saw a 66 years ago, two tone and a headliner (essentially a standard with a 23 VIN), I was super doubtful but the M plate was legit. Sadly the guy he sold it to butchered it up and it's gone now so no way to see the plate again.
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campingbox
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: How Rare are 2 Tone Kombi |
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I don’t think so. That bus was original paint from the belt line up though.
I think there is a photo of a two tone Kombi in the German text bus book with the white cover. It’s a side view in a photo studio and it has the cargo doors open showing the grey panels with the wood. |
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:57 am Post subject: Re: How Rare are 2 Tone Kombi |
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| Ragtop wrote: |
| FarmerBill wrote: |
Strange special order. Optioning a Kombi until it becomes a standard sunroof without a cloth headliner. Maybe that was the point, no headliner to get torn.
Or did it just leave the factory in that configuration? I once owned a 1979 Ford F150 that had Custom trim down one side and Ranger trim down the other. I bought it from the original owner who said it came like that from the factory. I also knew a guy with a 1/2 ton Chevy that turned out to have been optioned to 3/4 ton but kept the 1/2 ton badging. He was the first owner and bought it off the lot like that. |
It is a Kombi not a standard. Someone must have order it this way. IMO |
Maybe this is a dealer order, rather than a customer order vehicle?
Dealers often option vehicles with weird combinations of options to use as demonstrators. And back in the day I remember seeing base model Fords etc. with one or two high-spec options and lots of dealer badging that were sold as promotional models to raise the dealer's profile.
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Clara
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:17 am Post subject: Re: How Rare are 2 Tone Kombi |
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I think there is a photo of a two tone Kombi in the German text bus book with the white cover. It’s a side view in a photo studio and it has the cargo doors open showing the grey panels with the wood. |
A factory two tone kombi is rare.
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