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Hawthorn37
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If that was on sale now, as a new van, I’d be first in the queue! Unbelievably beautiful, and practical. I guess VW designers have both a great back catalogue, and at the same time, massive pressure to improve !
JuanVecino2023
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Love a splittie. Miss mine.
Having rented one last year and a bay window, I decided my vintage bus days were in the past and plumped for a T6.1
Much more practical. But so much less charm
Having rented one last year and a bay window, I decided my vintage bus days were in the past and plumped for a T6.1
Much more practical. But so much less charm
KevH
Retired and loving it
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Oozes soul, love it.
Sadly our Cali will never match that aspect of the old buses.
Sadly our Cali will never match that aspect of the old buses.
KevH
Retired and loving it
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5 hours remaining and still only £22k offered.
Looks like somebody may get a bargain
Can’t help but think this is a lousy time to sell your beloved bus at auction
Looks like somebody may get a bargain
Can’t help but think this is a lousy time to sell your beloved bus at auction
JuanVecino2023
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I had my eye on a Splittie or Bay before admitting defeat & ordering an Ocean. They are a long way off their peak and still dropping.
Worst time. Vintage VW bus market had been ahead of the curve of the already declining classics market.5 hours remaining and still only £22k offered.
Looks like somebody may get a bargain
Can’t help but think this is a lousy time to sell your beloved bus at auction
I had my eye on a Splittie or Bay before admitting defeat & ordering an Ocean. They are a long way off their peak and still dropping.
KevH
Retired and loving it
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Totally agree.
I sold a 1969 Bay in 2018 for £17k, but would easily have got £20k had I sold 12 months earlier. Then again, the market went bonkers during the lockdown period but I’d have been deemed mad to predict that coming.
It is the cost of upkeep that dents the wallet, the battle with rust being a constant.
JuanVecino2023
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The lockdown boom was crazy. I saw very ordinary splitties selling for £40-60kTotally agree.
I sold a 1969 Bay in 2018 for £17k, but would easily have got £20k had I sold 12 months earlier. Then again, the market went bonkers during the lockdown period but I’d have been deemed mad to predict that coming.
It is the cost of upkeep that dents the wallet, the battle with rust being a constant.
Like you say, keeping them on the road and the rust at bay is a constant battle.
I drove a couple of bays around the full coast of Australia and owned a 66 split for years. But the prices went bonkers and having rented one recently, I decided I couldn’t live with the unreliability & slow pace on family trips.
We tried a water-cooled Brazilian Bay, but it just didn’t tick the vintage charm nor modern reliability boxes.
Corradobrit
Wouldn't a good underseal treatment address that problem? Once and done?
JuanVecino2023
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Lots of work is hacking off old under seal applied on rusty chassis. Hiding a multitude of sins.
Lots of poorly prepped resprays out there too,tons of bubbling around seams & seals.
Lower doors rot. Replacement body parts are expensive & decent body shops are ££££
KevH
Retired and loving it
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Yes, it isn’t necessarily only the floor/underside that rots, its the light surrounds, door bottoms, around the windscreen, etc.
Fact is, steel bodies rust despite whatever you throw at them. Would be cheaper to cover them in new plastic tenners
JuanVecino2023
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This is a rather ambitious price, but looks well finished. The 1776cc & IRS will make a much more useable prospect.
I like laying the kitchen unit out along the bulkhead as it’s not a walkthrough van.
But for an aftermarket conversion that is a coveted Westfalia, Devon etc, it’s a huge price.
That pop top is IMHO one of the better arrangements as it lets in tons of light and creates a really useable space.
Look at this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/CTgU4ZAsxxTnYsHo/?mibextid=79PoIi
I like laying the kitchen unit out along the bulkhead as it’s not a walkthrough van.
But for an aftermarket conversion that is a coveted Westfalia, Devon etc, it’s a huge price.
That pop top is IMHO one of the better arrangements as it lets in tons of light and creates a really useable space.
Look at this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/CTgU4ZAsxxTnYsHo/?mibextid=79PoIi
Corradobrit
Actually a T1 is also a Bus. (Bulli)
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sdes
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Really?
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VW Type System Designations Explained -
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Corradobrit
YepReally?
VW Type System Designations Explained -
Understanding the VW Type System will assist you to communicate with fellow Aircooled VW enthusiasts, and to decipher classic Volkswagen part numbers.
Per Wikipedia
The VW T1, more precisely VW Type 2 T1, also called Bulli
So GG was correct calling it a T1 but if he had called it a Type 1 he would have been incorrect. Nobody refers to these Buses as Type X.
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sdes
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aeicalifornia
Type 1 - beetle
Type 2 - van
T1........T7 - subcategories of Type 2 (T coming from Transporter and first used with T4 and then applied retrospectively.
aeicalifornia
the T1 designation of Type2 applies for production years 1950-1967, so the barn door is also a T1, sometimes called T1a.
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