[tcb] Re: College Station Buses
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:28:44 -0500
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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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:
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>> 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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