[tcb] Re: College Station Buses

Here's how anal retentive I am about restorations.
The next engine that is going in my split is going to be a converted [to
air] 2110 waterboxer with megasquirt efi.

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:
>
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>     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:
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>>         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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>>         
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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
>>
>>          
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>>         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:
>>
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>>         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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