Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:40 pm
One of the forum's members (not me) picked this up over the weekend. 
Some guys have all the luck
Some guys have all the luck
Nice pair with the beetle
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Weekend's Barn Find Bus
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Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:48 pm
What a find!
Nice pair with the beetle
Nice pair with the beetle
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:59 pm
Awesome!
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:13 pm
Wow! 
That really is a barn find. Love it when these buses are found hiding. Fair bit of rust to contend with there though.
That really is a barn find. Love it when these buses are found hiding. Fair bit of rust to contend with there though.
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:18 pm
This is like Wow
I would like to hear the story about how the mysterious forum member came to hear about this bus...
needle in a haystack
I would like to hear the story about how the mysterious forum member came to hear about this bus...
needle in a haystack
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:03 pm
Great find,....better save. Nice work guys
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:07 pm
Cool find!
Is the rear interior all there? Is it a 10-seater?
Is the rear interior all there? Is it a 10-seater?
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:26 pm
Great find
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:06 pm
I haven't seen the bus in the flesh yet, just the pictures which were emailed to me today.
Jason found it on a farm a few K's away from his house. One owner since new, parked since 1980 and apparently totally complete.
Jason has lost/forgotten his password for the forum and asked me to ask if anyone has a replacement roof to sell him. He needs one for both the bus and for the beetle, which by the way he found on a rubbish dump late last year. It's supposedly a '58 which has all matching serial numbers, is also complete in and out and has had later bug indicators retro fitted.
Just to make you all really envious, a few years back he found a complete Cal spec Thing in a customers garage and picked it up for R7000.00.
Just to add to his collection of Cal Spec Karmann Beetle Cabrio, Karmann Ghia, two early Porsche 911s, a '60 DC bus and a '58 bus on it's way from Splitbusaholic.
Jason found it on a farm a few K's away from his house. One owner since new, parked since 1980 and apparently totally complete.
Jason has lost/forgotten his password for the forum and asked me to ask if anyone has a replacement roof to sell him. He needs one for both the bus and for the beetle, which by the way he found on a rubbish dump late last year. It's supposedly a '58 which has all matching serial numbers, is also complete in and out and has had later bug indicators retro fitted.
Just to make you all really envious, a few years back he found a complete Cal spec Thing in a customers garage and picked it up for R7000.00.
Just to add to his collection of Cal Spec Karmann Beetle Cabrio, Karmann Ghia, two early Porsche 911s, a '60 DC bus and a '58 bus on it's way from Splitbusaholic.
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:38 pm
I am Buying 2 x splits for parts and there might be a saveable roof
the back Hinge mechanisms are a Bitch to Repair
the back Hinge mechanisms are a Bitch to Repair
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:12 pm
Wow man !fig wrote:Cool find!
Is the rear interior all there? Is it a 10-seater?
I would love to know the VIN of this bus. I would guess a '65 10 seater and on the same production line as my bus
I know of only 1 other poor example with this colour scheme, but it's the first time I'm seeing another with this brown/cream two tone original upholstery still present ....More pics asasp
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:41 pm
Loving it
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:17 pm
Is that oke big or is the kombi small 
nice find.
nice find.Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:22 am
He is big, The Karmann Ghia he owns was formerly owned by Faheem (Benjamin, Adler Krause).
Re: Weekend's Barn Find Bus
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:31 pm
Nice find. Looks an early 64. (Notice heater outlets, similar to 63 and earlier, and Fleetlines). Also both bumpers seems the pointed type. The front door handles, are they the pull-out or push-button type?
Jolas, i thought yours was a 64?
Jolas, i thought yours was a 64?