ib-bus 1968 Westfalia

[ib-bus]

Look what I just bought just a few minutes ago !!!
Westfalia 1968, it runs, it's a California bus , it is currently in Los Angeles area but I should have it home by early next week.
Best of all I did not have to surrender any of my kids to buy it
I can already see some wood panels and seat covers coming out in a hurry , feels good to be back to the earlybay world :mrgreen:

 

[dazza1975]

Looks very nice mate!! Love the door cards, reminds me of my mum and dads old hall way in the 70's!! :lol: :lol:

 

[ib-bus]

Looks very nice mate!! Love the door cards, reminds me of my mum and dads old hall way in the 70's!! :lol: :lol:

No kidding , we had those same panels in our house back in '76

 

[sparkywig]

8)

Welcome home Juan.

 

[ib-bus]

8)

Welcome home Juan.

Thank you Sir , fells very good to be back in the game

 

[sparkywig]

Does this mean you'll be at CamperJam/Busfest next year then? :lol:

 

[68_early_bay]

Happy days and nice bus 8)

 

[ib-bus]

Does this mean you'll be at CamperJam/Busfest next year then? :lol:

" Si Señor " I'll be there next year for one of your nice events you guys put together , have plenty of time to sort the bus for next year.
Been thinking Volksworld , but Camper Jam or Busfest sound good too.

 

[sparkywig]

Be good to see you again.

 

[ib-bus]

Happy days and nice bus 8)

Thanks mate , this will be the first '68 I restore so hopefully is not missing any of the hard to find parts , I'm sure you know what I'm talking about 8)

 

[ib-bus]

Be good to see you again.

Thanks mate , I have to take my big sombrero on a roadtrip again :mrgreen:

 

[Dirty Harry]

Nice van and welcome back Juan!

 

[ib-bus]

Nice van and welcome back Juan!

Thanks Harry , it's nice to have another earlybay project 8)

 

[68_early_bay]

Happy days and nice bus 8)

Thanks mate , this will be the first '68 I restore so hopefully is not missing any of the hard to find parts , I'm sure you know what I'm talking about 8)

Haha I know what you mean, and good luck on the resto 8)

 

[Cali_bay]

Good to see you have another early. I'm sure you will make it another sweet ride.

 

[dubscum]

8)

 

[ib-bus]

Happy days and nice bus 8)

Thanks mate , this will be the first '68 I restore so hopefully is not missing any of the hard to find parts , I'm sure you know what I'm talking about 8)

Haha I know what you mean, and good luck on the resto 8)

Thanks Shaun.

Good to see you have another early. I'm sure you will make it another sweet ride.

Thanks Si , can't wait to get my hands on it.

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8) 8) :mrgreen:

 

[Clem]

Yay! See you with it next summer !

 

[ib-bus]

Yay! See you with it next summer !

Cheers Clem , it will be nice to see you guys again.
The bus should arrive in San Diego tonight , I will go pick it up tomorrow after work and take my own pictures.

 

[ib-bus]

Just came back from visiting the bus at the shippers yard , I was nervous to see if there were any bad surprises as I bought this bus thru an auction house so I had only seen a few pictures online.
I was only there a few minutes on my lunch break but was able to look around and noticed a few things.
I'm happy to report that the good outweights the bad as it really is a solid bus and all those hard to find '68 only parts and all the Westfalia cabinets are there and in good shape.
The only bad thing I noticed is that it looks like it was in an accident and the rear left corner was replaced with a solid clip from a newer bus , it seems like they did a good job but that lip on the rear tire will have to be replaced to match the other side , Wolfsburg West has that metal section so that's on the list already.

I left the paperwork at an agency and I should have new plates later today , I hope to get it home by tomorrow night.

According to the M Plate it was delivered to Los Angeles , it was built April 9th 1968 , color is L87 Perl White.

Here are some pictures I took today.