22 july 2011 - Publicity
Our quest for quality repair panels is an daily issue what causes we stock new productions regularly.
These panels can be found @ the inner side of the rear corners on pick-up Split busses from production year 1958 till end of production 07/67. As many of you know these inner panels are real rust catchers… @ battery side mainly due to acid, the other end due to dirt and water that fills up the outer welding edge and starts to damage the junction between this inner and outer panel. From now you can replace the inner panel with a correct shape and fit panel instead of adapting a wrong outer radius kombi panel.
The left side is available as # 0890-465, the right side (battery side) is available as # 0890-475.
21 july 2011 - Fun
This is what a $217,800 1963 Volkswagen Bus looks like!
We knew Volkswagens had great residuals, but didn’t realise just how good they were until this 1963 Volkswagen Bus went up for auction at Barrat-Jackson in the US. The immaculate 23-window Bus was sold for $198,000 at the company’s annual Orange County auction ($217,800 after buyer’s fees).
You read it right, a few VW buyers got caught up in the “Barrett-Jackson experience” while they were bidding on this immaculate 23-window Bus at the company’s annual Orange County auction last night (writes Tom Joslin at Jalopnik.com). When the smoke cleared a high bid of $198,000 had purchased the 1963 Volkswagen you see here ($217,800 after buyer’s fees).
We know what you are wondering at this point and no, this VW was not a charity vehicle. This leaves us with the only other explanation we can think of to explain this kind of a price—two bidders with deep pockets decided they absolutely had to have this immaculately restored old Bus.
23 window Volkswagen Bus values have been on the rise for some time, especially at Barrett-Jackson. Having said that, we are still baffled by a 200k+ price tag attached to any VW Bus, no matter how cool they are. What is that saying about money and brains?
Click here to go to the report on Jalopnik.com
Thanks to Pete Frost to share this information.
19 july 2011 - Friends of the house