Heres my newest vw.
A 1971 double sliding door walkthough panel van with a 1974 front grafted on as a possible repair from accident ..
running on audi rims 1600 dp a home paint job .OG sky blau colour underneath then Electric blue then bottle green ..

ok so i sussed out underneath and its been cut though the chassis rails "wow" what a great job! with nice shaped strengthing plates etc ,near the middle of the sliding door and in the door pillar and i guess at the top of the windscreen where over time the rust has started "apears to have been rust converted and fish oiled in places , i hacked out the rust on the worst pillar and its just the outer skin so im feeling better .

last night i bled the brakes and now she stops ,cool.
Next for a big clean out to prepare for some welding

Well my body stamp number is "Wait for it " 216 0005 .... Does this mean number #5 ?
and the compliance plate is 2112 030 602
Does this mean anything to you guys?

2112030602

2| type 2
21| type 2 panel
211| type 2 panel with build date of 1971
211|2| not sure what this "2" means. I'm fairly sure it is not the serial number as that should only be 6 digits
2112|030 602| this is the serial/chassis number

1971 Chassis# 211 2000 001 Engine# AE 0 000 001
1600cc, 57hp, Solex 34 Pict -3
Remarks:
(a)Considered by most the Best of all the Bay-windowed models
(b)Disk brakes in front, composite rear drums
(c)Dual port head begin standard
(d)New dizzy with vacuum retard at idle

courtesy: type2.com

Thanks rob

What do you think your original colour was?

its that sky blue colour ive looked in the hardest to get areas and see sky "oooh thats the rust holes ha" nah yeah light blu

You sure?
Look at the front bulkhead (inside).. Is that yellow/orange under the sky blue?
Also, as these were either special purpose or commercial, I would have thought the colour would have been special purpose (eg: PMG red or RAAF Yellow) or the commercial base coat which was always white..

Sorry.. Just realised its a later front clip

no worries yeah has a 74 front olive and definately sky blue back under the green/bog/electric blue/ primer and some metallic bluein engine bay . then and even sky blue

hope your good at rust repairs

since it's got the wrong year front on it,dont' know if they're still around,but there was a guy in the uk makeing kits to put a splitty front on a bay

have you considered this

yes indeed but the size is wider hmm that kit sounds intresting but i do like a low light

keep it lowlight. much classier.

yeah for sure pete i will

progress pics

dude that makes me feel ill.

guess I'm use to fibreglass buggies way too much.

ha ha, yes it does scare me sometimes ,but when u see that is the worst and the rest is all good the floor all round is solid and fish oiled . nothing a grinder and new replacment bits and a magic welding job wont fix

awaitng the rear lamps but i fitted the reverse lamps Hella made in germany og vw accessories, seen mostly seen on the US models

heres a pic of them

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