Crusher - next to go in when saved

[Jetfxr69]

This 76 tintop camper is headed to the crusher soon. Im considering a 10 hr run one way to save it, but am not sure of the interior.

Ive only had late model poptop westies. This interior looks like its from earlier models. Is this the correct one or did someone swap out the camping interior from an earlier model?

Manuf date is 10/75 and vin starts with 226, so its definetely a 76. Just dont know about inside.
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‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[jacobcallaghan]

Who cares about the interior! Save that bus!!

[Abscate]

It’s swapped from an early Bay, correct
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[alman72]

off the top of my head, there is a number in the vin that could have designated it as going to westfal to be converted to a camper. if the number is not "correct" it will never be quite as valuable as one that was prepped from the factory. that being said, most people pull from the wallet using their heart, not their brain, so someone will want it. Me included.

[kinggeorge13]

Yep, the last year for the configuration you are seeing in that bus was for the 1973 year, I believe. There was also usually an open "headbanger" storage compartment over the back area. You can find lots of photos of them on the internet. In 1974 they radically changed the layout of the interior in the camping westy styles and then made minor changes to that new layout up to and including 1979.

Certainly not the first bus to be retrofitted. I personally am not bothered by these and have been guilty of doing the same myself. Sometimes you get a tintop bus with everything gutted out of it (or never was a camper) and you want to make it into a camper. Rather than becoming an expert cabinet-builder, sometimes you get lucky and find someone selling a complete (or mostly complete) interior and in it goes, regardless of year. Another bus saved is another bus saved.
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1975 Westy, Serenity w/FI
1975 Westy, Jack Sparrow w/FI
1979 Kombi, Pistachio w/FI
1979 Kombi, Oliver wFI
1977 Tin top camper, Cosmos w/FI
1974 Westy, Garfield w/ Dual Solex PDSIT
1973 Tin top camper, Bart
1974 gutted Dorper Casper w/ Dual Solex PDSIT
1975 Westy, Stella w/single progressive Weber
1979 Super Beetle, Penelope w/FI
1967 Fastback, Green Hornet w/dual Solex

[kinggeorge13]

For example, this is one I'm guilty of changing in order to help save it. It was originally a 1978 Riviera with the straight-up large poptop It was completely gutted when I got it. All cabinets long-gone. I managed by pure fluke to find a person locally selling just the main cabinet (with icebox, sink, etc) from a Riviera. We installed that and built every other thing in there, including the walls, the other side/rear cabinets, the top headbanger, the bed, the floor, the lighting and all the camping electrical, the upper side wall trims, the ceiling. Everything. I was pretty stoked with the results.

Everyone we met, loved it. The only thing I didn't like (and still don't) is I used the super-common and modern RV light you can buy at an RV store for over the sink area. I wish I'd spent the time to find something a little more 70's. We used it for a short time and was the last bus my dad got to ride in with me but meanwhile my little fleet of buses was growing and we found a family with little kids that loved her and we sold her so she could be used and enjoyed.

But the point is, we saved the bus and it was a functioning, loved camper once again. I personally would go after the one you are looking at and save it too, especially if it's the right price. Add cabinets as you may or may not want. Enjoy it.

And cork flooring by the way is way warmer on bare feet that composite or natural wood. I've used that a couple times now.

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1975 Westy, Serenity w/FI
1975 Westy, Jack Sparrow w/FI
1979 Kombi, Pistachio w/FI
1979 Kombi, Oliver wFI
1977 Tin top camper, Cosmos w/FI
1974 Westy, Garfield w/ Dual Solex PDSIT
1973 Tin top camper, Bart
1974 gutted Dorper Casper w/ Dual Solex PDSIT
1975 Westy, Stella w/single progressive Weber
1979 Super Beetle, Penelope w/FI
1967 Fastback, Green Hornet w/dual Solex

[alman72]

[honestcharlie56]

Interior actually looks nice. I'd save that bus.
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1982 Vanagon Westy
1974 Transporter
1971 Tin Top Westy

[rsbadura]

[Jetfxr69]

Thanks all for confirming my suspicion. Im still on the fence about going after this one due to the distance and cost to get it. Dont have a plan for it, but understand the value of a 2L f.i. and 6 rib alone makes it worth it. Dont care its not og interior either.

In the above pic it looks like the pax rear wheel arch is all bondo’d up.

I wish someone closer would go get this and remove my burden to save it.
Salem, NJ if anyones interested.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[Jetfxr69]

Just emailed to pick it up this friday morning. Hard to find reasons to NOT buy it for $400.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[danfromsyr]

10hrs from the Wt Mtns in NH, where is it located in Upstate NY?

[Jetfxr69]

[cmonSTART]

Was this the one on eBay recently?
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[HoboBus]

Very cool road trip!

You seem pretty focused on the 10 hrs, rightly so.

If you need a rest or have any issues near me, you're welcome to stop in here.

I'm in MA right by the 495 / 290 interchange. I'm assuming you'll go by near me.

Safe travels!
Hobo
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Just a beach-oriented camping Hobo with a bus.

[Jetfxr69]

Thanks hobo for the offer. Very nice indeed. Usually run up 91 to St J, as its a nice quiet stretch of road once above Springfield.

It is the one off ebay last week. Seller is a junkyard and said if I dont get it friday than its going to the crusher. Truck and trailer ready, but now shitty weather headed this way. I will not trailer down and back in any snow. Seen enough carnage on the roads in just a dusting of snow to know to stay away from the 4 wheel drive hammerheads.

Thinking “Crusher” would be a good name for it if it makes its way back up north.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[Jetfxr69]

[HoboBus]

[cmonSTART]

Ok, I saw it got relisted but then taken down. I was wondering if you snagged it.

Wonder if he'll really send it to the crusher Friday...
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[Jetfxr69]

here is “Crusher” all loaded up and headed northbound

and this is moments away from catastrophe on the Garden State Parkway!

caught in time. waiting on a replacement installation now.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson