Its quite a strange story. We had just spent a day or so up in a Karoo town trying to make negotiations with the owner to purchase a bus (a different one to this) we had found. After quite some driving and a unsuccessful salvage of the bus we were after, we started making our way home at the end of the weekend.
Just per chance, some hideous looking type of igloo home (or so I thought) caught my attention on the road side which I pointed out to Paul, but as we both looked and were travelling at highway speeds, we were adamant we just spotted a split bus, but we couldn't believe it would be laying right next to the N1, so we quickly turned around to double check, stopped next to the highway and crossing the railway line and farm fences we ran to it in disbelief.
Here it was, right next to the N1 in the Karoo with so much doubt as to why I have never spotted it before after travelling the N1 so many times a year and that no other kombi enthusiast could have spotted it before.
So, after finding it, we had to look for a possible owner. We were so scared someone else would spot it, we tried (poorly) to cover it up on the side facing the road
We managed to drive to the nearest farm, but he wasn't the owner of that specific piece of land, but managed to give us the contact details of the farm owner. We got hold of the owner and I chatted about the history, which he informed me the bus was standing in that spot for around 20 years. The bad news was he said a guy from Johannesburg has just bought it 2 days ago. We really couldn't believe that after 20 years of standing there, someone beat us to it by 2 days.
Anyway, I drove back there like a month later to check it out for myself in disbelief, and it was still there, but the farm owner assured me it has been sold and must still be picked up. Another month went by and when I went back for the 3rd time, it was gone.
Last I heard via JDT1976, it is actually now in JHB. Any news there Jaco?
