1960 Vw Bus Project on 2040-cars
West Milford, New Jersey, United States
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Here is a 1960 Volkswagen Bus.......project. I had started work on this
many years ago and then unfortunately lost garage space for it. It
needs work that I would have loved to do but never had the chance due to
other projects. Its basically a shell with complete drive train. When I
got it, it did run and drive in only second due to linkage issues
which. Its a pretty solid van underneath and I started to cut the outer
rocker panel and a portion of the floor out in order to replace
them.......then my space issue occured. The nose had some serious bondo
on it and still does, my plan was to replace the entire clip. It has
some rust in the rain channels. I have the windshield, rear glass and
all side windows, I do not have the rear curved ones. Parts of the roof
were cut out before I got it apparently it had custom roof panels on it.
The passenger door has a dent in the bottom. Have some small stuff that
came out of it as well but is'nt nearly the missing pieces to this
puzzle, they just may help.
Not sure of original mileage but the engine did run. I read there were only 1300 of this particular bus ever brought to this country and have always loved the thought of how few there must be left and this one has such potential. |
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