Pair of '68s from the midwest.

[Thorbus]

Howdy Y'all. My name is Ted. I reign from the midwest usa.
I have been into early VW's since I bought a '71super in say '91ish. Moved onto Split Busses soon there-after and stayed solid. Now that I am in my 30s I have gotten soft and stepped into the earlybay. I am now on my 3rd '68 and don't plan to go any newer...Except maybe a sage'78 camper as that is my vintage

Been lurking for a while so I thought that I would share.

1st '68 was a bay-curious flip. Bench-panel converted pop-top.

Then bought a '68 walk-thru Deruxe converted camper. I'm 3rd owner.

Now just brought homer a '68 double bubble.

Nice to chat with y'all. I do have a hand full of splits and bugs yet so I will drop by only so often.

SeeYa. Ted.

This is a duplicate post from my intro so I thought i would start my own thread with this intro and show y'all my updates from here. Please feel freee to ask questions. I prefer '68 and earlier so lets keep the topics in that realm.

 

[Thorbus]

1st '68 was found like this.

Cleaned 'er up. Tuned up the engine, brakes, and installed a camper interior that I had laying around.

Enjoyed the ride but ended when I needed money for a new welder and parts for my earlier busses.

next guy bought it and flipped it for double my price...

SeeYa. Ted.

Anyone see it lately would love an update.

 

[Thorbus]

So my wife and I were looking for a walk-thru camper to replace my '66 that was stolen back in '02.
I came across this early '68 walk-thru Deluxe with a camper interior and the almost nos original center and rear seats that came with it.

The rack was the selling point.

Went through the brakes, engine, and installed some General Grabber AT2 tires.

Bus has a lot of rust but is still way Bitchin'

My wife hooked us up with a Circus tent for my birthday.

And the puppies love it.

I have put about 4k on it in the last summer and am loving it!
SeeYa. Ted.

 

[Thorbus]

So the next '68 I bought from an Older buddy who is starting to sell off his projects. He sold his 21 winder to my friend and hooked me up with the double.

As found.

Been sitting in the woods for 10+ years.
needed a lot of cleaning. :shock:

nasty but I got there.

tank was pretty shot.

plenty more to go but all in due time.

SeeYa. Ted.
Arrghh.

 

[Airtime]

Hi Ted, welcome! 8) I like the '68 Deluxe! Looks great on those beefy tires! 8)

 

[ib-bus]

Went through the brakes, engine, and installed some General Grabber AT2 tires.

I just bought a set of the same kind of tires for my Vanagon , don't they rub a bit on your bus ? did you do any modifications to clear those tires ?
The size of my tires is 27X8.50R14
Great bus you have there , I like the way the full size rack looks on it.

 

[justcruzin]

Nice bunch of bus's you have! I like you puppy's too!

 

[flynster]

your double cab is lovely ....gonna rock when its finished fella :mrgreen:

 

[Thorbus]

Ted,,, but what about the rest of your fleet ??????
Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,, Sooner rather than later ta !! :lol: :lol:

Hey Oz-d.
Yup got a few rides. I never tend to sell anything.

ib. the Grabbers rub just a hair on a hard turn in the drive, other than that no worries.

Thanks for the comments all. I will check back time to time.

SeeYa. Ted.

 

[antoine]

Arrghh.

nice, gotta love a corpse in the sill.

awesome collection.

 

[ozziedog]

Hiya Ted,, Thanks for the view of the fleet :mrgreen: It looks pretty awesome , as does that jawbone poking out the ass end of your bus :shock: . I`ve seen all sorts of things used for filler, but never a jawbone before.

Ozziedog............ I suppose it saved a bit of bondo though :lol: :lol: