The story goes like this…
My wife and do a lot of beach tent camping. We even love just going down for the night and as often as we do it, we don’t do it as much as we want due to having to pack the truck, set up the tent, pack in the morning before check out.; it gets to be a bit much for one nighters when you do it often. We wanted to make it easier but still keep it simple. Trailers and RVs were out, and nothing else really yelled FUN; until we decided to get a VW bus.
So we’ve wanted to buy a VW camper bus for a couple of years now. I knew right off the bat that I wanted a split window (-’67) and I started to research and look at the VW classifieds. About three months ago it became time to buy. I felt that I knew the market pretty good and knew that I wanted a bus that was solid cosmetically and structurally, mechanically I just wanted it to all be there. I didn’t want another project and after putting a lot more into 911s than they are worth knew that spending more upfront would save me a lot in the long run.
The bus I ended up buying was a 1964 that had just gone under a full bare metal restoration. The guy didn’t intend to go as far as he did but, to his great credit, once they started he knew he had to see it though and do it right. Unfortunately for him it was way more than he had planned and when it was done they couldn’t afford to keep her.
Anyway, I’m so excited. The bus get more looks and thumbs up than I’ve ever had in the 911s. I flew up to Oregon to look at her and drove her 1000 miles home that very day. What a blast it was to get to know her on that trip. Here are a couple pics by Mt Shasta, bugs on her nose and all. I hope you like her.
