Hi folks,
I´m new to the board, so I thought to drop a few lines & pics.
I own my ´71 T2a since approx. 9 years and bought it as a "ex-fire department" car.
Originally the bus was a niagara-blue window version. In the first 3 or 4 years it
was used intensely by the first owner, a german company. After that the bus went to
a fire department (to serve his duty on a company ground).
The engine was swapped after 100.000 km (1973!), the actual mileage is about 169.000 km.
So I´m the third owner of this bus.
When I got it years ago I painted the whole body by hand hippie-style. Some years later it was
converted to a hot rod bus with a dull black finish & hand-painted flames with red rims.
Many festivals and trips later I had to put the bus in the garage, because I had no money left for it.
But now I had the opportunity to rebuild it and the process should be finished in a few weeks.
So, here a few pics:
Someone really did a great job on this:
A ton of filler?
I´m new to the board, so I thought to drop a few lines & pics.
I own my ´71 T2a since approx. 9 years and bought it as a "ex-fire department" car.
Originally the bus was a niagara-blue window version. In the first 3 or 4 years it
was used intensely by the first owner, a german company. After that the bus went to
a fire department (to serve his duty on a company ground).
The engine was swapped after 100.000 km (1973!), the actual mileage is about 169.000 km.
So I´m the third owner of this bus.
When I got it years ago I painted the whole body by hand hippie-style. Some years later it was
converted to a hot rod bus with a dull black finish & hand-painted flames with red rims.
Many festivals and trips later I had to put the bus in the garage, because I had no money left for it.
But now I had the opportunity to rebuild it and the process should be finished in a few weeks.
So, here a few pics:
Someone really did a great job on this:
A ton of filler?
