Scored a local ‘71 Double Cab, Stewball

[richparker]

What a day! I’ve known about this DC for the last 13 years. The owner didn’t want to sell it and when he finally decided to he wanted too much money. Then the owner passed and I let it be known that I was interested. Quite some time went by and I thought it was gone. But, last week I got a call asking if I was still interested. My wife and I went to look at it. After a thorough inspection and sending her some links of what DCs were listed at, she insisted that we buy it. I made an offer and the estate accepted. It took a week to get everything sorted and I pick it up this morning. This DC is very clean and dry. Very little to no rust, no bondo and pretty original. It has been repainted and I believe it has a Dual carbed 1776 in it. I am not gonna try to start the engine because it has way too much end play. The brakes work and the e brake works. I found all the keys. The ignition and all the door locks work. The gates work perfectly as well as all the doors and windows. The felt in the window channels look great. Over all the vehicle is in excellent condition and I’m stoked to have it!

This vehicle was sold by the original owner in 1972. The second owner had it for 19 years and traded it in to a small car dealership in Cortez, Co in 1991. The next owner bought it on February 14, 1991. He drove it for 7 years and parked it in his carport 1998. There it sat until I bought it today.

My plans would be to do what needs to be done to get it back on the road. After I got it home I spent some time cleaning up the interior, mostly vacuuming mouse shit and mouse nests. During my clean up I found the log book in the glove box. It’s mane is “Stewball.”

Vehicle has 131,xxx miles on it.

Where it’s been sitting for 27 years

Rockers

Nose has a little damage, likely from the tire being mounted to it.

Front pan

Rear seat and pan

Masked up to clean the massive nest under the rear seat

Dash is in excellent shape

Door cards

OG windshield. Stewball, the Berkeley Bus

Engine bay

The stuff I found in the bus that was worth keeping. I also found the original owners manual

M-Plate

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’71 Westy build
Adventure thread
’65 Deluxe Build
’71 Double Cab

[mtnbus]

so badass ! patience paid off

congrats bro, shes a beauty ! and, in the right hands now

[germansupplyscott]

Amazing score.
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[dodger tom]

congrats, rich. i’m sure you make it right.

i would guess the mileage is closer to x31,xxx, but what do i know.

can’t wait to see you get her/him up and rolling down the highway.
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1978 Champaign Edition 2 Westfalia
Would never find the time to keep up another classic air-cooled.

[richparker]

[d-rick]

Sweet dbl cab,Congrats.. Love it when it works out like that
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1959 mango-trailerbus
1962 single cab *1/2
1966 13 window
1967 panel/camper
1968 cig-panel *1/2
1968 passenger bus *1/2
1969 beetle
1969 dormobile
1978 sage green Westy
1990 DoKa
2002 Golf TDI

[Everpress]

Congrats! I'm glad it found a home rather than just sitting!
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1969 Bay Camper - "Lost 'Cause Mk.I"
1904 DP
EMPI 34 PICT 3
2000 MAGNASPARK II Ignition/Distributor

Refurb, not resto (I’m not made of restoration money!)

It's not a perfect loaf, but it's my loaf.

[ALLWAGONS]

Wow! Awesome!
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I'd be UNSTOPPABLE if not for Law Enforcement and PHYSICS.

I recycle old cars and parts, other than when I rot, that's as Green as I am going to get.

Thanks to my Tesla driving neighbors, I feel more relaxed driving my SUBURBAN and old VW's.

Everything sounds good on paper!

[DanM]

Wow, great score - congrats! Looking forward to seeing your progress on it.
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drive it. break it. fix it. repeat.

[Shonandb]

Congratulations Rich! Another gem to add to your growing fleet. The challenge now will be, which one to drive.
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76 Westy with a 2.5L Subaru SOHC + Vanagon (010) Automatic Transaxle
Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
Previous 1973 Panel Bus:
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[Willin]

Cool!
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73 bus. Org. 1700 with dual Weber 40 idfs, bus header with Empi qp muffler, CB magnaspark 2 " ready to run kit".

[TomWesty]

Nice one Rich! That is sweet!
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[Abscate]

…and it came with a free front disc brake upgrade !
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[scrivyscriv]

SHUT UP!!!
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Robert in Memphis
Dünkelgrügen 1967 Java Green bug thread
Engine rebuild thread
If you're ever in the Memphis area, you are welcome to stop by for advice and help.

[3am]

What a score! Glad it found a good home.
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1979 Devon Moonraker


Luxuriously slow. Reassuringly expensive.

[KTPhil]

Woo-hoo! What a find! What plans do you have for it?
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Current Fleet:
- '71 Fastback
- '69 Westfalia
Retired:
- '67 Beetle
- '65 Beetle (x2)
- '65 Bus
- '71 Squareback

[TomWesty]

[Xevin]

That’s going to be great.
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Keep on Busin'

[andrewtf]

You are living My Dream - right there.
Congratulations on that fantastic score.
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'75 Riviera - 'BIG EMMA' - Travel Beast
'77 Riviera - 'Murphy' - Daily driver in nice weather
'78 Westy - New to the family
'63 Austin Healey - sitting alone in a museum

[Ry-dog]

Great find! Congratulations! Always wanted a DC like most everyone else here.
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'70 Westy
'14 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel