Well, due to a recent addition to the family I have to regretfully part with this project bus.
First of all so I don't forget:
Seller: Aurel, skabus at gmail.com
Suburb: Murrumbeena, 3166, Victoria
Item Description: VW '67 11 window splitty
Item Cost: $1000 neg.
Chassis no.: 237-something (sorry I forgot, will get later if anyone cares)
Condition Description: Poor (according to the official list)
Right, what is it? It's a '67 splitty, last rego'd about 10 years ago, seems to have been someone's parts bus, has usual rust spots, but is generally fairly sound actually rust-wise (for an unrestored splitty). It does have some oddities.
First, and perhaps this is kinda cool (hehe, purists bite me!), there's a sunroof been hacked into the roof. It wasn't done too badly really, and would be so much fun to drive around on a warm summers day. Needs new covering, the existing stud things that hold the material on are still in place and many of them function. May once have been a pop-top or something. Anyway, if you want a sunroof bus but don't have the heart to hack up a good one, here's one already done for you! No regrets about customising this baby (and it's only a '67! Hehe, nah, just kidding).
Then there are the patched panels. At some time three holes were cut into the panels, square holes and a round one, maybe one was a gas bottle holder or something... They were patched up using bog, plastic sheets, tin sheets, rivets, I don't know, it's just weird. They're not in annoying spots to get to though.
A (hopefully minor) problem may be the rear bumper bracket. From behind the gearbox carrier horn member thing the rail that goes rearwards to the bumber has a bend in it. That'd need straightening up if you wanted to put in say an engine. Shouldn't be too hard but that's all a question of what you're into. Anyway, minor compared to some stuff you see.
The rear of the bus has had late Bay lights put on at some point. You really have to wonder sometimes don't you?
Thirdly, there are few mechanical bits left. No lights, no steering column (surprise!), no motor, does have gearbox and unmolested splitty front beam (and I think the brakes in the front are still intact - the rear ones are missing shoes, at least on one side). Fuel tank is included, along with a beaten up rear valence section, a jack, and some sort of axle (you'll see in the pics).
She was also made into a homejob walkthrough: a replacement panel is included though. The drivers floor section, while no longer actually rusty, was repaired (with rivets and sheet metal, surprise!) sometime, and has since been cut up. Yeah weird hey but I think someone was pillaging parts with no regard for what they didn't want.
Been forked sometime, the heater channel's squished.
Rust-wise:
* doors: pretty good, I reckon. All included.
* cargo floor: can't stick a screwdriver through anywhere. Really. It looks terrible though. I think all the paint that was spilled in there at some stage may have helped. Must've been litres of the stuff.
* underneath: I've used several jack points, so that's pretty good right? The drivers side front one I think it cactus. All beams, rails and so forth are solid, but everything's orange of course. And remember the drivers side rear bumber bracket is kinda bent at the back, past the earbox mount. Pretty good though for an otherwise odd vehicle.
* windows: window sills are solid, window frames are cactus (the pop-outs that is). Windscreen seals look really good, but one corner of one windscreen has a bit of a rust-bubble coming through.
* roof and gutters: fine. Minor surface oxidation is about all.
* sills: as usual, rusted through the outside. But, the insides are solid, I don't know why. Feel all along, there's no holes. I've seen much worse.
* nose: has rust holes along the bottom, as usual.
(I'm starting to wonder how long a post can get...)
Time for some photos I reckon! High res versions available.
Cheers, Aurel.
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