For Colin..

[wcfvw69]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1738847

Too bad it's so far away...

[JLT]

51,000 miles? That's what's on the odometer. Might be 151,000, 251,000, even 351,000...

[Amskeptic]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1738847

Too bad it's so far away...

Looks OK as far as it goes. The engine?

That is why I almost had a heart attack when looking at the Thousand Oaks bus with the original smog pump belt and everything intact. I am still having a problem letting go of the tantalizing Very Last Original Smog Pump 1700 Dual Carb Son Of Road Warrior Bus Ever. < THIS is what I was looking for in September of 2009.
ColinThankGodIDon'tHaveToSwimToEnglandThisAfternoon

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... highlight=

Original!

[airkooledchris]

Looks like it's had quite the interior overhaul, not to mention a lot of the undercoating is gone - for a bus with so few miles.

[asiab3]

That is why I almost had a heart attack when looking at the Thousand Oaks bus wuth the original smog pump belt and everything intact. I am still having a problem letting go of the tantalizing Very Last Original Smog Pump 1700 Dual Carb Son Of Road Warrior Bus Ever.

I'm only a half-hour from him every weekend....... Boy I would love to see that bus in person. I could easily fill a camera memory card with pictures of things people call me crazy for asking about.

"What plating were on what screws that held the voltage regulator on?"
"Which way did these clamps face?"
"Where did they REALLY route the fuel line?"

Questions ad nauseam...
Robbie

[wcfvw69]

That is why I almost had a heart attack when looking at the Thousand Oaks bus wuth the original smog pump belt and everything intact. I am still having a problem letting go of the tantalizing Very Last Original Smog Pump 1700 Dual Carb Son Of Road Warrior Bus Ever.

I'm only a half-hour from him every weekend....... Boy I would love to see that bus in person. I could easily fill a camera memory card with pictures of things people call me crazy for asking about.

"What plating were on what screws that held the voltage regulator on?"
"Which way did these clamps face?"
"Where did they REALLY route the fuel line?"

Questions ad nauseam...
Robbie

That is a beautiful bus in such original condition. I don't know if the owner "gets" how nice that bus really is and the excitement the originality of the bus brings. Oh and that original headliner... Pure porn right there...

[Amskeptic]

That is why I almost had a heart attack when looking at the Thousand Oaks bus wuth the original smog pump belt and everything intact. I am still having a problem letting go of the tantalizing Very Last Original Smog Pump 1700 Dual Carb Son Of Road Warrior Bus Ever.

I'm only a half-hour from him every weekend....... Boy I would love to see that bus in person. I could easily fill a camera memory card with pictures of things people call me crazy for asking about.

"What plating were on what screws that held the voltage regulator on?"
"Which way did these clamps face?"
"Where did they REALLY route the fuel line?"

Questions ad nauseam...
Robbie

That is a beautiful bus in such original condition. I don't know if the owner "gets" how nice that bus really is and the excitement the originality of the bus brings. Oh and that original headliner... Pure porn right there...

I was ready to do a straight trade of the BobD.
I'll bet the BobD notices my shocking lack of loyalty the next time I drive it . . .
ToTime2TimesTwoTimingOldTimer

[glasseye]

My similarly rust-free '74 dual carb has a guaranteed 50K miles and I retained all the smog pump crap when satchmo and I surgically removed it a few years ago. It doesn't even need a battery shelf.

Come and get it. I'd sell it for that many US dollars, not UK pounds. It's using up space in my garage.

[Amskeptic]

My similarly rust-free '74 dual carb has a guaranteed 50K miles and I retained all the smog pump crap when satchmo and I surgically removed it a few years ago. It doesn't even need a battery shelf.

Come and get it. I'd sell it for that many US dollars, not UK pounds. It's using up space in my garage.

I am such a disloyal little putz. Did you see how excited I got because this one was blue and white 7 passenger? Yours is mechanically as perfect as I could ever hope for, and yet I have been in turn diffident and teasing. Why do you have a smog pump? Was it originally sold in the United States?
Colin