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splitpile
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Flipseat.
I had a '63 SO34 that was a turkis/blw bus as well. Good luck with it, I had heard it's pretty rusty. |
I have one of those, just scored the correct hatch top trim pieces with the notchs to hold the top open, yaaaaa. Now to only find the original hanging light!
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FrenchBus
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Lind
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Location: idaho
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Ok lind here's the challenge. Hazetguy and I are placing a friendly wager on when who will have their westy done first. We're shooting for Sept 06, possibly a Jerome trip. How about you?
PM me for the address to send that heater to!! |
define "done"
I'm up for the challenge. I know this bus won't get touched in '04 so you guys have a good head start.
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bigbulli
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Lind- I had previously heard that the SK paint code stood for Sikkens paint. I'm now guessing that might not be true? I had a 1960 Westfalia Hatchtop in Mango/Grey that had that SK code too. |
I read SK stands for Fabsonderkombinationen - special paint combination, though it could also be the special resin paint finish normally found on special models and westy campers - S = Sonderausfuhrugen (special body) and K = Kunstharzlack (art finish resin lacquer)
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Douglas Denlinger
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Lind,
I thought you did not DO rust???
I kicked around the idea of stepping up for that bus just because of the color combination and bullets. I agree it's a low production # bus and fairly rare that it's turkis, especially in the states. However, I already have one super rusty 61 Westy flipseat (the Forest Gump bus) VIN 770010.
I also have VIN 797441 that is the most rust free, accident free westy that I have ever seen, however a father and son team began to "restore", so it came to me in boxes.
Crofty, are you and Hazetguy up for another challenger for the completion challenge? |
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JPH
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Clara,
Lind's VIN is 13,563 earlier than mine. His flipseat's b-day is April 6, mine's is May 4. Less than a month apart. You probably know that Hazetguy's and my SO-23s are one DAY apart!
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crofty
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| 23 window collection wrote: |
Crofty, are you and Hazetguy up for another challenger for the completion challenge? |
I don't see why not. We may have to figure out a "prize" or whatever. I would define done as a running driving bus. No flintstone floors, missing a few things is OK (as these are Westy's and parts don't grow on trees) but for the most part rust free, appealing to the eye and dependable.
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I slept on crofty's tent once. I passed out drunk from two bottles of Everett's brother's wine. |
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EverettB 
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DubStyle
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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Cool thanks Lind I will save that to my favorites for future use. 
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ronnie
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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damn! i had no idea they offered turkis/ blue white in 61, and with a turkis dash to boot. any body have a similar standard or deluxe? email me if you do.
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Flipseat
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm interested to see what you do with this bus Lind. Most of it is pretty beat, but a flipseat is worth the time. Check out the windshield washer setup... strange eh?
I also have a "Res/Voll" fuel gauge on my 61 flipseat. Mine was born on May 16th of 61.
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AndrewM
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| The bus I just bought is an SK bus. I'll try to get pics of the m plate soon. Lind, I don't know if you got my pm a few weeks back about the "joke" but I dropped it as I thought it wasn't gonna fly around here. |
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Lind
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| 23 window collection wrote: |
Lind,
I thought you did not DO rust???
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ouch, yeah I had to really lower my standards on this one. something about the rarity clouded my judgement. I think that the rust is fairly fixable, but I won't know for sure until I see the bus. it is original paint and most of it should stay that way.
seeing all of these chassis numbers and a quick search of the vintagebus registry and I am wondering if I didn't just accidentally buy the earliest known flipseat. does anybody have one that is lower than chassis #760396?
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JPH
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Lind wrote: |
I think that the rust is fairly fixable, but I won't know for sure until I see the bus. it is original paint and most of it should stay that way.
seeing all of these chassis numbers and a quick search of the vintagebus registry and I am wondering if I didn't just accidentally buy the earliest known flipseat. does anybody have one that is lower than chassis #760396? |
I don't know if you have the earliest flipseat, but, even with the rust, it's a WHOLE lot straighter than mine.
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Lind
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Lind wrote: |
I think that the rust is fairly fixable, but I won't know for sure until I see the bus. it is original paint and most of it should stay that way.
seeing all of these chassis numbers and a quick search of the vintagebus registry and I am wondering if I didn't just accidentally buy the earliest known flipseat. does anybody have one that is lower than chassis #760396? |
I don't know if you have the earliest flipseat, but, even with the rust, it's a WHOLE lot straighter than mine.
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at least yours runs.
having the earliest or latest known of something is kind of neat, but sooner or later someone will find one earlier or later. I do have the latest known pressed bumper westy (ch#365296). I really want to see an original pressed bumper SO-23. everything indicates that they were made, just nobody knows of one. if one shows up, it would be the earliest known SO-23 and the latest known pressed bumper bus. that would be cool.
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fig
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My 29/3/63 Martin Walter Dormobile has SK1023A.
It's turqoise/blue white with a blue white dash.
I don't know what the A is for but SK is almost certainly not "Sikkens".
I think both German "explanations" so far have been incorrect, but they've got it right in that the German translates to "special colour". I've only seen SK numbers on two-tone Kombis, usually campers.
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Clara
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| damn! i had no idea they offered turkis/ blue white in 61, and with a turkis dash to boot. any body have a similar standard or deluxe? email me if you do. |
I have been looking for a 61 turkis/BW 15 window deluxe since the early 90s. Ideally with pointy speedo pod. I found my april 61 pointy pod SWR/BG 15 window, but have never seen it in the turkis/BW. I have collected stuff in both colours. I saw one once, a 23, guy had just restored it, and painted it turkis instead pf its original swr. so that doesn't count. I haven't looked for standards, but there seems to be a number of westys.
I should make a "late 61 registry" for buses after they changed the colours at the beginning of March. |
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Clara
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: |
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Clara,
Lind's VIN is 13,563 earlier than mine. His flipseat's b-day is April 6, mine's is May 4. Less than a month apart. You probably know that Hazetguy's and my SO-23s are one DAY apart!
JP |
ya.. that's right . anyone got any neat vintage pictures of buses going through the westfalia factory? that'd be cool |
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VintageAutoWerks
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 10:54 am Post subject: |
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Enjoy the Flipseat Lind. I had high hopes for that bus but when I got to Texas and it wasn't described correctly over the phone I was pretty disappointed. Drove 1,000 miles to find a bus that was rougher then I was hoping for. I still bought it cause it had the tents and some parts Isaiah needed for his Flipseat so it all worked out. I ended up bringing a 59 Panel back with me and right when I got back I put the Flipseat up for sale thought it would of sold alot faster then it did. At least I can say I owned a Flipseat for a few months.
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Lind
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| Enjoy the Flipseat Lind. I had high hopes for that bus but when I got to Texas and it wasn't described correctly over the phone I was pretty disappointed. Drove 1,000 miles to find a bus that was rougher then I was hoping for. I still bought it cause it had the tents and some parts Isaiah needed for his Flipseat so it all worked out. I ended up bringing a 59 Panel back with me and right when I got back I put the Flipseat up for sale thought it would of sold alot faster then it did. At least I can say I owned a Flipseat for a few months. |
Dan,
thanks again for the bus. I hope to give it a good home. I was really surprised that it didn't sell quicker. the price was just about a giveaway for a splittie westy in original paint. of course I will have plenty into it by the time it gets on the road. I would have rather paid a lot more for a lot nicer bus, but this one will do.
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