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1962 Bus Walk Thru Camper Patina Rat Rod Logo Surf on 2040-cars
US $37,500.00
Year:1962
Mileage:12500
Location:
Palmdale, California, United States
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Drive around in something that’s one of a kind! What a Christmas Gift! Anyone can have a shiny paint job and worry about door dings! Get a bus that you can drive daily and has a boat load of character! We take her to shows and everyone swarms the bus! All the other cars wonder why your getting all the attention! My wife wants air conditioning! Happy wife, happy life! So my baby needs to go... Just recently thought through the fact that I’ve got over 40K invested in this bus - Maybe that’s why the wife wants to sell it!!! I’ve had the bus since 2006 and finally got her on the road 3 years ago. Since then, I drive the bus to work about once a week and to car shows - 12,500 miles over the past three years. I had always hoped to stumble on a solid “barn find” that was logo’d - patina'd on the outside, a time capsule on the inside. I've always liked the look of rust, but not the disintegration of real rust. A bus with a surf vibe, tiki touches and a little hot rod, too. Oh yeah, the bus had to be a 1962 - the same year I was born. Good luck finding that in one bus, so I decided to create it myself! The first step was rust repair, so I called a friend of mine, Mike Stafford of MGS Custom Bikes. He specialized in metal fabrication and building custom $100,000 Harleys. The next year was spent stripping, cutting, welding metal throughout the bus. We installed 3” front tubs for good suspension travel, repaired the cut wheel wells, welded in one window, changed the turn signals, custom made a new spare tire well in the rear package area, fabricated fender skirts, added a 1958 engine lid with 3rd brake light. This was followed by a six month trip to Pacific Powder Coating, where a number of parts were powder coated. The bus was also mounted on a rotisserie, where they media blasted underneath and inside the bus. Pacific Powder Coating primed all the areas and shot the bus with bed liner material to seal it from any future rust. When the powder coating was done, the bus was returned to my house for assembly. Added Dynamat sound deadening material throughout the bus. From there the bus was painted and then sanded to give it a patina’d look, faux rust was added and a flat clear coat. Here’s a list of some of the improvements... Mechanical: Every bolt on this bus has been touched - Kaddie Shack 1600cc engine, Rancho freeway flyer trans, Creative Engineering rack-n-pinion steering (raises steering box 2.5" without cutting frame), Wagenswest 4” narrowed 4” dropped spindle front end with Mustang II Disc Brakes, Wagenswest adjustable swing axle plates, 3” tubbed front wheel wells, Type 3 rear brakes, mid-frame mounted electric oil cooler, Wolfgang stainless front & rear safari windows, Vintage Speed muffler and shifter. HID headlights, new wiring harness throughout, plexi-glass vintage visors. All new rubber throughout and camper windows rebuilt. Roof rack is included along with the folding ladder. Interior: Tiki dash knobs, Hawaiian surfboard headliner with Aloha fabric, “Bomber”style bucket seats, “finned” accent engine pieces, fender skirts, traffic light “peek” reflector, “blue dot” turn lens, reproduction surf decals, red jewel antenna, under dash burger tray, and of course a dash mounted 1940’s hula girl. The couch folds out into a double bed. Hidden beverage cooler, sliding cooking shelf, and storage cabinets ready to camp. The custom bamboo door panels are from www.calibamboo.com. The curtains, pillows, and even the Sunbrella awning is included. Yes, that is a 1940 Ford Steering wheel, the bumperettes are from a 1954 Hudson Hornet, and the dash bag is from a Harley-Davidson. The VW emblem on the rear hatch is an original, available only in Canada from 1954-1963. All my accessories go with this bus! - Folding wood picnic table, vintage lantern, vintage stove, vintage area heater, vintage Canada Dry cooler, vintage water jug, vintage suitcase, Hawaiian picnic basket, Tiki statue. I'll even throw in my Vintage Owl longboard if you want it! More photos of the original condition and restoration progress of the bus: http://s362.photobucket.com/user/Surfcanada/library/Surfcanada/Surfcanada%20Bus PLEASE NO TRADES - unless you’ve got a sweet, air conditioned, crate engine, air-ride tin woodie, I’m not interested. The best way to contact me is through email - I’m a teacher by day and can’t answer my phone while I’m at work. The Bus is located in Palmdale, California (93550) just north of Los Angeles. I have the right to end this auction early due to vehicle for sale locally. Don’t let this one slip away! Good luck and happy bidding. |
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