1967 Early bay - is this rare?

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Hi all. Owned an 1968 early bay back in 2008, always missed it. Recently aquired this nice bus, it was registered in the UK in Dec '67 and is left hand drive. I was told that the reason it was LHD was because vw were yet to build RHD bays. I do remember when the Audi TT first came out that it was LHD only.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Ronnie n Mags, near Glasgow.
 

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Very nice looking van 👍 I thought my eyes were deceiving me but there appears to be no fresh air grille on the front panel 🤷
As with lots of things on older cars especially VWs, trends come and go. For instance lowering, deseaming, Frenching, smoothing, raising, dechroming not that there’s a heck of a lot of chrome on these. I know of several that have been ‘ smoothed ‘ over including some on here. Speculatively speaking, it’s possible that this one’s had a new front panel fitted at some time, when there was a shortage of Early front panels and only lates were available, so the high up front indicator points were covered and the vent box too at the same time for a cleaner look ? Poss?
I haven’t seen anything Frenched for a while that wasn’t done at least a decade ago.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,, Wotll be new ? :) :cool: :)
 
When I got my 71 back in 2008 the front grill had been " deleted"- by badly tacked in metal and a bucket full of filler. Ended up putting front panel from windscreen down on it, at the time all that was available was a late bay panel and indicator blanking plates - it's not hundred percent correct as has a badge bulge, but at least my mate welded it up correctly with minimal filler needed. I briefly entertained putting old school Mini indicators on it or trick in- headlight ones - but glad I saw the "low light ' and cut in the original Hella units
 

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