Does anyone knows how early my bus is? Number 218-051-036

Thirteenwindows · Mar 10, 2009

I heard my bus is a '67 Bay-window,from the earliest months ??? # 218-051-036 .Not sure,can anyone help me??
I own a Neptune-Blue,bench-seat ,ex-panel bus converted to camper by Caravelle
in Oregon,USA,where it was delivered from Hannover,Germany.
The engine is a 1500cc ,not sure if its original,but the number is # 0028819.

I am in the process of slamming it ,fit it with gun-metal raders/radars and tires with thin
red lines 50 in the front 55 in the back.I am also sanding it down to the original Neptune-Blue

I will also redo the interior from roof to kick panels,all by myself.Will make it from scratch,
maybe something like a SO44

Link of pictures.
http://www.couchsurfing.org/image_gallery.html?id=1F06ISU&folder=184746" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.couchsurfing.org/image_gallery.html?id=1F06ISU&folder=14944&skip=6#2852452" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.couchsurfing.org/image_gallery.html?id=1F06ISU&folder=0&skip=27#999903" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.couchsurfing.org/image_gallery.html?id=1F06ISU&folder=0&skip=28#999682" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.couchsurfing.org/image_gallery.html?id=1F06ISU&folder=0&skip=33#1077341" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Have fun,live life,don't stop breathing air,because we all are air-cooled after all.!

Liber-

Here is what i found on the M code??

17N
21 426 500 507 525
UP 2110 474735 8051036

Loxy · Mar 10, 2009

Post up the numbers from your M-code plate & we can tell you the date of manuafacture (planned)

sparkywig · Mar 10, 2009

Here is what i found on the M code??

17N
21 426 500 507 525
UP 2110 474735 8051036

I think this is OK, but expect to be corrected.

17N - 17th November 1967
21 - 1600 47hp (engine no. seems to be original) 4 speed C series gearbox
426 - Group code:
020 - speedometer and odometer in miles
089 - laminated windscren glass
511 - padded dashboard and dashboard lid (not rhd)
524 - USA and Canada specifications

500 - full width metal partition between cab and load area
507 - ventilation windows in cabin doors
525 - seatbelts for USA and Canada

UP - USA, Portland via Seattle
2110 - panel van, lhd, sliding door right, standard version
474735 - Neptune Blue upper and lower body colour with dark blue interior

Thirteenwindows · Mar 10, 2009

Very true.There is a bus around here who say its from France and it was made in August '67??
but the numbers dont seen to match.?? it dont start with 218........
http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9608" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But it looks like a bus id like to own. :mrgreen:

Thirteenwindows · Mar 10, 2009

By the way.Thank u so much.

Pete B · Mar 11, 2009

The August '67 bus (think the earliest known surviving bay anywhere) is now in the hands of Graham L (on here) aka http://www.midlandearlybay.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and I believe is for sale. And my bus is October '67.