First Splitty Picked up today

[Kolo]

This is my first splitty project and I'm pretty excited about it. Will be a huge learning experience, and I'm sure I'll be a regular question asker here. I'll do my best to keep you posted on my progress.

[Leroy]

Nice early Bus! Congrats! keep us up to date with progress

[Kolo]

Can Anyone tell me what these numbers may mean. They were either side of the engine bay

[GottaSplit]

Nice one Kolo... IN2VWS (John) will be the best for your numbers Q

[Kolo]

First question. Should I remove the pins from the hinges, if so how?

[Kolo]

The roof needs plenty of work. I have thought of a couple of ideas.
Most of the gutter are rusted, may replace with samba windows.
Anyone know how hard it would be to install a ragtop?

[kombi niko]

Congrats on your bus!! Looks like a heap of work like mine Those door pins can be a pain to remove. I used wd40 and heat then a good old tap!! Looks like you will need a few replacement panels too

You can work out what year you have from this,

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/inf ... dating.php

[FrankenCab]

oh yeah big job , you can buy all the gutter repair sections from autocraft , even samba sections , think there is a guy who sells a complete rag top inc all bits needed in the states .
Do your sums first its cheaper to buy a near complete bus than try to build one (if you have to pay someone ) $50k for your idea minimum ..plenty of pics if you do the roof conversion

[D-Train]

march 57?
martin king australia kombi 3338

[Kolo]

Thanks D-Train

[FrankenCab]

if you want to get rid of the bullbar let me know

[D-Train]

if you want to get rid of the bullbar let me know

U goin to build a trampoline?

[Kolo]

Sorry mate. Keeping the bullbar for another project.

How hard is it to remove and reinstall the fresh air vent? There is a small bracket screwed to the roof above it and its allowed water to leaks in, feel pretty rusted on the inside.