Brilliant Orange Time Capsule: A 39K mi bus and its OG/NLA parts

[SamboSamba22]

Holy Shiitake!!!
This makes me proud to be a fellow Brilliant Orange bus owner, 03/74. I found mine fairly complete, but no where even close to this baby, very nice find man.
Where is the stove above the refrigerator?
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Oct. ’67 Double Cab (’68 Crew Cab)
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March '69 Delivery (Panel Bus)
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[Tcash]

M 113 Admittance plate for Canada

The only thing I can find. Is that it came on Type 21-23.
Don't know what it is?
Maybe after busdaddy gets back from counting his penny's to make you an offer. He will have something.

Good luck
Tcash

[SamboSamba22]

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[Tcash]

Look for a tag on the top and side of the radio like this.
Note this is a Hamburg

[busdaddy]

It'll likely be on the M plate (bet that's drool worthy itself), or if the sticker is still on it that may help, there's a catalogue somewhere in the archives with all the factory option radios as well. I don't think it's a Canada only deal (we use AM/FM), looks like one that was installed before it got on the boat, that's a spendy option.
My 72 came with a passenger only Kamei tray as well, no evidence of there ever being one on the left side.

So...., we have to talk about that muffler.......
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[ivwshane]

So if you think this near mint beauty is worth selling because you have a 78 that will be your forever bus, then Id imagine that thing has to be near perfection!
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[Abscate]

Interesting. A US and CAN mix options, California dealer.

Get the provenance from the owner now before they pass.

No way I would sell this now, Bays in this condition will appreciate. Those little monkeys need 10years of #familyBaylife to look back on.
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[furgo]

Wow, congrats on your excellent find! Thanks a lot for posting the pictures.

I guess picture IMG_5144.JPG (*) settles the discussion on which way round the air filter box grommet goes

[ultralite]

Thankfully this fell into good hands. Congratulations and thanks for sharing those great pics.

Judging by the Cobb tag and Stone Mountain camping I’m guessing you’re in the Atlanta area.

Please bring this to Caffeine and Octane, folks will go nuts. And, my son and I would absolutely love to see it.
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[alman72]

My God. It's full of stars.....
that is one craze OG bus! That sad thing is, all I can think is "get it out of the sun!"

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[jtauxe]

Just... wow. A time capsule indeed.

Get that thing back into a garage or something, now! Do not let it sit outside in the sun and rain and treesap. Ideally, this would be in a museum, or a VW showroom, or something. It should be preserved.

I agree with the sentiment that you are the current caretaker, or custodian, of this rare piece. That's how I feel about my buses.

I have a similar radio in the '75 single cab. Mine was spec'd on the M-codes as a Blaupunkt Ingolstadt, and I managed to source one from Germany. It also has the MMMUU buttons.

And... about the low mileage. I wonder how many of these there are. I just sold a 1972 Sportsmobile with 55,000 miles on it, and while it was nice and had a lot of original stuff on it, it was not factory fresh like the one you have there. It sat out in the sun for years, and it shows.
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[rusty busty]

Very nice bus indeed! If it's s Canadian spec westy that would explain why there's no stove or propane tank. We didn't get to play with that stuff until the 80's up here.
My bus has less than 80,000 km and is very original, but it's sat in the sun for years and it shows. Definitely keep that beauty inside.
The unfortunate part is that it's too nice to use for camping or other bus type activities.
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[WildIdea]

Pretty neat bus! Gorgeous.


I especially like the front carpet, for some reason I’m a sucker for clean interiors.


I like what you’ve done. Sounds like a bunch of stuff was gently refreshed, care to show us what she looked like when it was pulled from the garage?

[RalphWiggam]

No affiliation, but here is a similar bus on ATL craigslist for anyone drooling over the OP's...

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/d/1974-vw-westfalia-camper-van/6616709898.html

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[Lil Lulu]

The “aw shit” factor is way up on this one.
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