2700 original mile 1971 Westfalia discovered!

[shelbylynn]

And the flooring is perfect under the carpet!

[earlybayjim]

[earlybayjim]

Found a few on my phone that I didn't post yet. Just thought it was cool that the stickers and stamp were still nice...
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1971 Chianti Red Westfalia x2
1985 Westfalia
1984 tintop

[earlybayjim]

[curtp07]

I could be way off, but this is weird, it seems like some parts of the bus you would expect to be perfect on a 2600 mile original bus are all scratched and chipped (like the pedals, shift, and steering column), but other things that you would expect to be time worn, regardless of low miles, just from sitting and collecting dust and humidity (fabrics, wood headliner) are perfect. And yet the rug is completely trashed....

As mentioned before it seems suspect. Intriguing.
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[71whitewesty]

Looks insane. Get that thing back in the garage.
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1970's Snow Trac 1600 SP (sold 12/2016)
1968 Tucker sno cat, sold 2021
1969 Tucker Sno cat 542
2017 VW Alltrac
71 tin top stock 1600 DP (project but runs)
Twin 71 White Westy, Bus 2, that I pulled from a 15 year slumber in a dry eastern WA field in 2015.
1966 Sundial Camper "Boomer"

[skills@eurocarsplus]

[skills@eurocarsplus]

oh, and cool bus!

not knocking it at all, but that drivers rocker looks like there is rust blowing it open. its all pregnant looking around the spot welds. I can photo what it is suppose to look like.

rusty turn sig lever too. odd, but cool. chianti red looks sharp!
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[richparker]

[wcfvw69]

Being a stock purist with engines, it's nice to see an original 1971 engine. The 205Q distributor looks new with the correct, dark brown bakelite cap. Yup, wrong fuel pump for sure, though some suggest the Pierburg dome top was correct in 1971. My VW geekness loves seeing the correct color Bosch decal on the coil. I can't tell in the picture, are the intake manifold boots black or red?

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[shelbylynn]

From what I was told, and I very well could be mistaken, Florida has salt in its humidity which affects metal way worse than it would else where. So that may explain why some things are fine but the metal has been hit particularly hard. We only know what we know. We bought it because we already have a beautiful 71 westy and thought it would be fun to have a twin for each of us to drive. We were not planning on flipping it or anything like that. We were just told it may be something special and to document it so we are. So this is us just wanting to do the best we can to preserve it. It is not a get rich quick scheme so we could care less if people view it as valuable or collectable ♡ I have been in contact with Randy Carlson from Hot VW and if for any reason he starts doubting it's authenticity, we will not be afraid to say it. So far, he doesn't doubt it and it sounds like he really knows his stuff.

[wcfvw69]

Here's a picture out the 71' bus owners manual. It shows a dome top Pierburg pump in place. I wonder if the other pump was a late year add on.
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[MorkC68]

thats one great find.

Whatever you decide to do, enjoy the bus and have fun.

It needs to go adventuring
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[danfromsyr]

maybe the raccoons (grand kids) have been trying to drive it while stored.

[Q-Dog]

I would use it. Even if you put 25,000 miles on it, it will still be an extremely low miles, mostly original bus.

And you can take lots of pictures to document any repairs along the way for anyone who may care.
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'69 Dune Buggy
'69 Beetle Convertible
'70 Beetle

[jtauxe]

You might consider getting a photograph of the speedometer cable where it attaches to the speedometer. If the paint mark is unmolested, keep it that way, as this is evidence that the speedo has not been disconnected.
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[Wasted youth]

Pretty exciting stuff surfacing this year!

Thanks for sharing it with us. Do whatever the he'll you want with it, but spend an afternoon photographing every seam, joint, knob, sticker, attachment, hinge, rod, boot, wire, fabric, hook, clip, bolt....

[oc92]

If it was mine I would store it inside, insure it well, only replace the safety related items and some cosmetic items and use NOS, nice shape OE, or top of the line repro.... as mentioned, soap and water and wax resto only. This is a very special bus. Feel free to drive it all around once that is all done but until that point, please treat it with respect. It does sound like you have a good understanding of what you have. Enjoy!
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