Pix of bus-like vehicles. Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, and man of VW's period competitors tried to emulate their sucess with the transporter. Even Chrysler is a modern day hanger-on, claiming to have invented the minivan (VW 1949), and claiming to have invented the double-door (VW 1953).
Parts Heaven Porsche Swap
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| 06/08/03 | Willie Viljoen | Hi Thom,
Just a comment on engine availability - South Africa has a number of resources, including many new parts. If Timothy needs an engine, he could just buy a reconditioned unit from over there - it will take some organizing, but it is possible. Shipping is costly, but many South Africans are emigrating here - by posting a request through one of the (USA)South African clubs, maybe one can rent a bit of container space? I am contemplating if I should bring a 1957 van over, but transport cost is an issue -$5,000 for a 20 ft container. Thanks for enabling us to shate information like this. Willie Viljoen Colorado |
| 06/07/03 | Timothy Grandon | Hi Adam: Could you please email me back if you look at this. Would like to know where these are at and any info you have will be helpfull. vdubs4u@hotmail.com Please put DKW in the reply box. |
| 06/05/03 | adam | i know were a few of the vans and a few dkw cars are,the old man will only sell all of them together,he says he has nos parts,ect,he wants $10,000 for all,i've been told the vert dkw alone that he has is worth that,it would be nice to see them saved,its really too bad he wont seperate,because i just want the window van,his pile is here in oregon |
| 04/03/03 | Timothy Grandon | Way cool DKW. This is a very early van (55-56) notice the semaphores and no fender well covers and the front grill goes almost all the way across the front. I wish that more of window vans where out there or just any as of mater of fact. Hope this person is going to fix up the old bread box. Timothy Grandon |
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| 07/21/03 | Timothy Grandon | Hi Ed: Well last year we were with two way cool club's of VW nut's (Volkswagen Club of Nebraska & Tri City Volswagen Club)on the annual tour though the mountains of Colorado. On our way to the Rocky Mountain Motor Works show in Colorado Springs and we stop every year at this secert place on the way and long behold it was sitting there with all kinds of other cool VW's.
The seating in the bus will be stock seats in the front. Both seats are jumper type seats, passenger seat folds down so you can get into the back. Jumper seats means that the seats are pretty much in mid air or 3' off the floor and are sitting on post legs plan on covering them in a tweed. I am looking for a 3/4 middle seat for the rear. The bus is 54" wide on the inside. All walls will have panels of tweed applied to them. The van will not have a head liner as I plan on having it painted the same color as the out side. House of Color in Sunset Pearl on the darker green and a Sweet Orange Cream on the white and on the inside of the bus. The under floor is 3/4" marine grade plywood that is being made in the next 2 week's or so. I plan on having a nice hard wood floor inside from front to back. I did down load a few photos of the frame rails but was deleted I guess that it was not VW related? O well wish I could down load more photos into this string so every body could see the progress as it takes shape. Hope to keep every body up to date as it happens. Timothy |
| 07/20/03 | Ed | Super Cool! Where on earth did you find it! Any ideas for the interior yet? |
| 07/16/03 | Timothy Grandon | UP DATE! We have pulled off the body and what a site. The frame rails are in very very good shape it had so much old oil all over that it will be a rust free after we clean it up. :-)
We have all ready started to mark every thing out to cut and replace with air cooled VW. It looks like every thing is going to look like it came from the factory. Wheel spacing is the same for both front and rear. will have more photos as we go. |
| 04/04/03 | Timothy Grandon | Well guys this is what I have for the old bread box it is 97% complete so I do not have much to look for the only problem is that the motor was removed and taken apart and can not be rebuilt with out a bucket load of money. The only person that has all the special and only tools to do the job right lives in South Africa and would cost a quarter bucket just to ship the parts to him. After the rebuild of just the motor comes the part that I was talking about the bucket. As most people do not know that the motor in these are a 3 cyl. two cycle water cool with no water pump and only has 7 moving parts in the motor. When it drives it will sound like 10 chain saws running and will leave a trail of blue smoke able to kill off most of the bugs, cats, dogs,and maybe a few people as you drive it. I think that up grading with more power now looking at a 1835, now add air, disc brakes, type 3 automatic, 20" wire wheels on air bags now can you see what I am trying to do.. I am building this as a show car so it will not be driven much as we call the trailer queen. We do have more rare VWs in our colection 65 Notchback with only 48704 miles and a early 65 Porsche 911 not to many of these around and last we have a total pan off restoration of a 65 beetle with original bill of sale and all owners books and is numbers matching car. I could down load a few photos for those people that would like to see the cars. I could go on for hours but would love to get some feed back. Thanks Thom for having such a cool site. Timothy Grandon |
| 04/01/03 | david fischer | one of this dkv as just beeb found in north off france too..
pics tommorrow on site.. david |
| 03/30/03 | Herr von Dingleberry | I agree. That should be restored if possible. You should find something less rare to customize. Why would anyone want an automatic, btw? |
| 03/30/03 | Tonny Larsen | Why are you converting it, if it is so rare. I would love to see a car like this in original condition, not converted to anything else. |
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| 03/15/03 | TAREQ ADAM ABBAS | WE NEED TO BUY A 13 BUSSES 65 PASSENGERS BY A CREDIT FACILITIES
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Corvair Rampside Pickup| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 06/21/06 | John Gilliland | Do you still have this car? Please post back |
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| 07/31/04 | aidan | search Ford Transit 1961 in a google image search and their is one of these wiv 'samba' sky lights!!
its quite cool. |
| 07/14/04 | sascha | the ford taunus transit construckter worked first with VW and traw the Bulli and changed than to Ford
our web site is www.FK1000.de |
| 01/30/03 | Thom | If someone didn't know better, you could pass this off as a prototype bay window! |
TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS| Visitor Comments (Add your Comments) | ||
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| 01/30/03 | JOHN B. | IT CAME TO ME ONE NIGHT IN ONE OF MY BOUGHTS WITH INSOMNIA, IT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF THE HALL SO RESEMBLED A BUS, RIGHT UP TO THE ROUNDED OFF CORNERS AT THE CIELING, YOU CAN' REALLY SEE THAT IN THE PHOTO.I JUST KINDA DESIGNED IT AS I WENT, WITH THE BASIC IDEA OF A VW BUSS REPLICA. |
| 01/30/03 | rommie | It's fantastic!! Did you have to design it first? |
| 01/28/03 | JOHN B. | TOOK A LOT LONGER THAN I ANTICIPATED, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT FOR THE REACTIONS IT GOT. SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET THINGS DONE AROUND THE HOUSE IS TO TURN THE JOB INTO SOMETHING UNIQUE, THIS WAS A LOT OF FUN. |
| 01/27/03 | rommie | WOW!!! How long did this take you to paint? You must be compleatly VW mad! |
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