Skip to content
Aussieveedubbers

Help date this splitty - PICTURES ADDED

0 likes
Share Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Reddit
Log in to reply

frog Wolfsburg Wizard

571 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#169654
If thats original paint,then leave it .
It has sat outdoors this long and is just faded,so put it in a shed and think about it before taking the rare magic of an original paint bus away forever.In my opinion busses like these are priceless and nobody else will have the same one,they are a time capsule anybody can paint a kombi with shiny new paint.You would be surprised what a good cut and polish would do and if you don't really want it sell it to somebody who will keep it original as there are not too many left like this.
"-Hannovermetalmadness-"(Infectious desease with no known cure).

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#169804
I hear ya Frog.. But the surface rust.. do I just leave that too?

frog wrote:If thats original paint,then leave it .
It has sat outdoors this long and is just faded,so put it in a shed and think about it before taking the rare magic of an original paint bus away forever.In my opinion busses like these are priceless and nobody else will have the same one,they are a time capsule anybody can paint a kombi with shiny new paint.You would be surprised what a good cut and polish would do and if you don't really want it sell it to somebody who will keep it original as there are not too many left like this.

kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects

124 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#169818
give the surface rust a light sand with some say 240 grit just to get it off and spray lanolin or the likes on it!!
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd

BenettonVW Administrator AVD Forum Founder

3,125 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#170093
Nice..

You still haven't told me where it is..

I'd rat it mate, at the very least pick it up, take it home, and leave it.. LEAVE IT. Surface rust won't be going through ya metal in a hurry, so leave it. Collect ideas, save money for a resto, or rat it, or sell it..

THE LOWEST WITH THE MOSTEST BLING BLING WINS!!

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#170143
Mate.. Its in the country!!

Just got off the phone, we are lifting it out in the next few days.. I am going to need a set of wheels and a front wheel hub and assembly to get it off the trailer and have a rolling body.. Then I'm going to clean it and maybe protective coat with something that doesn't alter its state.. Check it all out, then think a bit more.. I'm already a bit attached as, if it is a 59 model, its as old as me!!
BenettonVW wrote:Nice..

You still haven't told me where it is..

I'd rat it mate, at the very least pick it up, take it home, and leave it.. LEAVE IT. Surface rust won't be going through ya metal in a hurry, so leave it. Collect ideas, save money for a resto, or rat it, or sell it..

ando57 Learner Dubber

8 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#170486
just take out the speedo and check builded date. has it still got the speedo??or may be it has been changed. it is a early bus. see how you go. cheers darren.🙂
VW ''R'' US

aggri1 Insano Dub Head

824 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#170849
What a great find! Good thing too that someone who cares found it, rather than someone looking for scrap metal!

Jealous.

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#172496
Waiting to hear from my brother in VIC..
Still happening..
byronbus wrote:Where's this up to stenguns?