Aussieveedubbers · General Chit Chat

Padock find !!

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/111690/padock-find

kevo ·

Hi guys, a friend in southern cross sent me a photo of a splitty he found, can anyone help on the details of year etc? Its a barndoor too!!

Thanks in advance

kevo ·

tonytyga ·

Hey great find mate..... but unfortunately its not a barn door .
Nevertherless worth restoring

vw54 ·

its NOT a BARNDOOR as per above

Its looks like 60 or 61 has rear blinkers

helbus ·

It looks like it has been made into a caravan. The back wheel is closer to the front, and the front wheel opening is covered over. Not a barn door sorry to say.

kevo ·

Ok thanks guys, yeah i thought the back arch was far too close to the front of the car, it definately looks like its been modified but thats the dun of restorations i guess!
how hard is it to source new panels and front beams for splittys? Im used to baywindows and thinking about doing a resto on this,

Cheers for the help

vw54 ·

All panels available

SOME are better than others choose carefully

Yogie ·

These can be purchased from Das Resto as well but this site has images of what is available.

https://klassicfab.com/klassicfab1/en/6-split-bus

Yogie

modnrod ·

I'd leave it as a caravan, it's too cool not to!

kevo ·

What kind of $$ do you think this is worth? Im thinkin of giving them an offer

KalgoorlieGreg ·

It'll cost an absolute fortune to convert this back into a road going vehicle. Best option is to 'restore' it into an awesome camper trailer.

It's pretty rough and needs heaps of work. Start at $500 and see how you go.

Worst case ,you could cut it up and sell as repair panels for other enthusiasts and probably turn a profit.