[tcb] Re: College Station Buses

It seems it would be unlikely that many vw's have the original blocks wouldn't it. I don't think I've had a vw with an original motor in it. 



sammie smith wrote:
Well, yes and no. Yes, they don't match the VIN. However, the motor # does correlate to the build date of the vehicle, i.e., a VW built on December 4, 1959 with the original motor should have a motor # that shows a build date of sometime just prior to Dec 4, 1959. And, I am not sure, but I think if you get the original birth certificate from VW on your VW it includes the original motor #. It just depends on how anal retentive you are about restorations. Same thing with a lot of the date coded parts, e.g., wheels are all date coded with the build date by month and year. If you have a Dec 59 build date VW then your wheels should have a date code of probably Oct, Nov or Dec of 59 on them. Personally I am not that picky about vintage restorations. As long as a VW touted as vintage looks correct I am ok with it. But if a guy advertises a perfect all original 1960 VW bus and asks $29 gazillion for it because it's all original then I'm gonna have a problem if all of the parts are not original to the bus. 
--- On *Mon, 6/29/09, Eric Woodall /<eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:


    From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject: [tcb] Re: College Station Buses
    To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 10:53 AM

    VW's aren't like american iron.
    There's not a serial number on the engine that matches the body of
    the vehicle.
    Thank God!

    ATX BUS wrote:

    I'd like to go with a 1500 possibly a 1600.  The motor in that
    pic looked mostly complete and I thought it would be a good start
for a project. 
    I'm not expecting to find the correct motor number of the bus,
but I would like something that would have a stock appearance. Jeff 

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    *From:* sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    *Sent:* Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:49:46 PM
    *Subject:* [tcb] Re: College Station Buses

    40 hp is not correct for an SO-42.  H case single port 1500 is
    the correct engine.

    --- On *Sun, 6/28/09, Bergman /<bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:


        From: Bergman <bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Subject: [tcb] Re: College Station Buses
        To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 3:22 PM

        I have a late model 40hp that is ready to assemble


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        *From:* tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *sammie smith
        *Sent:* Saturday, June 27, 2009 9:44 PM
        *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        *Subject:* [tcb] Re: College Station Buses


        Jeff:  How specific do you want to be?.  I may be able to
        find you an H case.  How close do you need to be on motor
        number?  Other than the H case and the motor # you can make
        any 1500/1600 motor look correct for the SO-42 fairly easily.

        --- On *Sat, 6/27/09, ATX /<atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:


        From: ATX <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>
        Subject: [tcb] Re: College Station Buses
        To: " tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx " < tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >
        Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 6:06 PM


        Interesting.  The broken glass in the rear hatch might have
        doomed the cabinets.  I have an so-42 resto project, I'll
        still need a period specific motor.  If someone buys this and
        doesn't need the motor then let me know.

        Of course, I hope it's restorable and not turned into parts.

        Jeff

        sent via iPhone


        On Jun 27, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Ronnie Hughes
        <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>>
        wrote:


        If he contacts me tonight I will go over tomorrow.

        --- On Sat, 6/27/09, captainotto@xxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=captainotto@xxxxxxxxx>
        <captainotto@xxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=captainotto@xxxxxxxxx>>
        wrote:

        From: captainotto@xxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=captainotto@xxxxxxxxx>
        <captainotto@xxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=captainotto@xxxxxxxxx>>
        Subject: [tcb] Re: College Station Buses
        To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 5:05 PM
          I'm
        curious about the oval.Sent via BlackBerry from
        T-MobileFrom:  sammie smith
        Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:00:09 -0700 (PDT)
        To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
        Subject: [tcb] Re: College Station Buses
        Yeah.  I know you do.
        I e-mailed the guy about the camper which appears to be an
        SO-42 Westy.  Have not heard back from him.  The
        Westy appears that it could be a resto candidate depending
        on condition and completeness.  Why don't you see
        if you can contact him and go
        look. --- On Sat, 6/27/09,
        Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>>
        wrote:

        From: Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>>
        Subject: [tcb] Re: College Station Buses
        To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 12:09 PM


        I don't know who it is, but if you want me to go look
        at them I live in College Station now.

        Ronnie

        979-268-4932

        --- On Sat, 6/27/09, sammie smith
        <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        
<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
        wrote:

        From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        
<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
        Subject: [tcb] College Station Buses
        To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 9:28 AM
        Anyone on the list know anything
        about these busses or the owner?
        http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=794962

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