1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper"

[Alan Brase]

Somehow this build just resonates with me. I feel like it is one of the maybe 10 or 20 best-for-me TheSamba builds ever.
Why? Maybe the color, the hub caps, the interior mods?
And you guy can't even figure out who it the conversion company? (My mind is about 80% Riviera... ASI is in Oregon) WTF? Maybe it's not important that it is determined.
Lots of good stuff on these few pages.
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Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home

[Anchovy]

[Alan Brase]

I kinda get the Sears link. I worked at the factory that built Craftsman tool boxes. If you have a Craftsman tool box built from September thru December of 1968, there is 25% chance my hands were on it. 50 years ago.
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Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home

[Anchovy]

[cdennisg]

[Anchovy]

Found a Sears lantern and heater to go with my spare tire:

[Alan Brase]

[Anchovy]

This bus came with a Riviera style drink tray. The surface was slick so stuff slid around and the drink holes were way too small for all but 8 oz. dixie cups. It was heavy too; made from MDF board and laminated with the cutting board pattern formica.

I made this replacement from Baltic birch. It's about half the weight of the original and is sized to hold a standard burger tray and drink from In-n-out. I sized the tray to fit in the glove box. (The OG tray barely fit front to back). This is for the passenger as I plan to make a center console box for the driver but I strategically placed the french fry side of the box toward me.

[cdennisg]

[bus guy]

Nice update! Thanks for the tip on the hubcap colour BTW; I went in with a couple of other people and shipped some of that powder to the UK so we can get our hubcaps done in the correct colour. Much appreciated

[Anchovy]

[Anchovy]

On the way to OCTO last month the generator light came on, but only at high revs. By the end of the trip it was constantly on and the generator was spewing metal fines and dust all over. Bearing were good but something was not happy inside the generator.

I replaced the generator with the motor in place by removing the carburetor, pulling the fan nut off and pulling the generator back and up. No need to loosen the fan shroud or pull the generator stand.

To loosen/tighten the fan nut I remove half the generator pulley so I can use a crescent wrench on the flat of the pulley and brace it against the crank pulley. I've never had luck wedging a screw driver in the pulley notch to hold it in place. The pulley always bends or the screwdriver pops out. The half pulley method makes for an easier time and no need for three hands.

[cmonSTART]

Forgive me if you already covered this, but what is the push-pull knob immediately to the left of the tray?
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'78 Bus 2.0FI
de K1IGS

[Anchovy]

[jtauxe]

Please tell me that you have another spare on there somewhere besides that ancient Sears tire. That's fine for looks, but i do not expect it will actually serve as a spare if needed.
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John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD

[Anchovy]

[Anchovy]

Test driving the burger tray. Will need lots of testing to get it just right.

[Anchovy]

Almost done with my smaller chuck box for my period Sears stove. It’s a lot more manageable in size than my big chuck box but still holds 4 sets of dinnerware, cooking utensils and pot & pans. The top stove cover doubles as a work surface. I will use 2 hi-stands for the set up or a campground picnic table.

The PO had made large tags for the gas and deck lid keys so I made a similar tag for the latch on the chuck box.

[Alan Brase]

Wow, nice! Where does one source the hi-stands?
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Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home

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