I finally got a Split Bus!!!

[karmann57]

It's been a long couple days with not much sleep so here's a little teaser, I'll post more pics and info as soon as I can.

[matt123]

Atta boy! Can't wait to see more of it.

[tferr]

Congrats!! cool pic of it"peakin"

[karmann57]

Ok, thought I'd better post up more pictures and the story.

According to the previous owner it has been sitting in his field since 1970. He always had plans to fix it up but finally got a push from his wife to start cleaning things up.

I loooove original paint.









Surprisingly the passenger floor under all that junk is super nice. While sifting through some of this junk I found two original taillight assemblies, one with a nice uncracked lense! Sorry, no pictures of those yet.

Nose is beautiful






And now for the money shot...





























Blammo!!!


My theory behind this tragedy is that someone cut the back off to make a trailer. They did a really clean job if you can even complement such a thing. It really is a shame because judging by what's left it would have been a relatively easy project, even if it is a panel...







Now on to the extraction...

Trust me, when we pulled into the driveway and saw how the PO got it out of the field I nearly shit. Luckily there was no damage to the nose. Can't say the same for the bumper though.

Load 'er up!







And safely home.


I'm not entirely sure what's going to happen with it, honestly I pretty much just did it for the wheels. I have offered up the driver's door to a certain original paint Dove Blue in need. I am however seriously tempted to hook up my 36hp shelf engine, strap on a fuel cell and take it for a spin!

Don't worry though, in the mean time she's not going to be lonely.

[canbug]

Penny thinks it should become our new Vee Dub tow truck. One more project, hell why not.

Tim.

[karmann57]

Done! All we need to do now is build some wide-5 dually wheels for the back!

[Mowser]

It would make fantastic yard art at the very least. I know from experience....

[karmann57]

Could have sworn I replied to this one already...

Yard Art sounds cool, I can get away with alot of things but I doubt the wife would be happy about that. ;D

So it's officially getting parted to those in need, so far plans are to keep the wheels, emblem and steering box (possibly the whole beam). Complete driver's door gone, working on a deal for the bulkhead, if you might need anything give me a shout.

[dmuis]

Hey Shane,

Let me know when you sorted out what you are going to do with the bus. Still will be interested in the bulkhead for sure. No rush.

Darren