I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Craig and I own a 1959 11 window Kombi that was sent from West Germany to South Africa in late 58.
I bought the van 2 years ago after it had gone through a light restoration (mainly caked in filler) and me being me i've decided to take it apart after a year of driving it. I wanted to make sure it had a full restoration done properly.
One thing led to another and i've ended up replacing the following:
Front clip, inner and outer valance, the headlight support bowl and bowls, both dog legs, NS arch, cab floor, complete bulkhead, headliner teeth, both cargo floors, log heater tube, inner gutter down one side, cargo door lower frames and half skins, inner and outer sills, two jacking points and four outriggers, some ends of I beams, centre chassis sections, both rear corners, gas and battery trays, engine seal runners, splash plates, engine lid, engine lid hinge panel, top engine seal, rear hatch half skin, OS roof repair... as well as putting back all original features.
The bus is an odd one really as even though it left the factory in March 1959 it appears to have ribbed bumpers, a flat cargo door and the weirdest i've come across is the flat engine lid with centre brake light, even though it had 59 rear lights/brake lights either side of it. Th engine lid I removed was what would have been on a 59 but I found all the wiring loom tucked away in the engine lid hinge panel for it.
So here she is...
CraigN!
