Anyone know anything about them?

Mrs won't let me have another project Ford and she has always wanted a Camper, probably something to do with the Mother in-law living in St Ives Cornwall and us going down there 4 times a year

Obviously rust is the main issue but I can't get my head around the aircooled buisness

We have decided on an early bay as Splitties are crazy money and late bays are ugly

Any experiences or advise?


btw drove one last week, the brakes are shocking

 

Jeeeeeeesus. What do you want to know??!!

IMO, if you are looking at an early bay, you would be so much better to go for a late 65/66 Split. Bay's have practically NO desirability, whereas a Split will always gain peoples interest.

£500 will easily see it slammed to within an inch of the floor. Whack a 1641cc lump in it with twin-carbs and you have liveable-with performance.

Now, let me go find the pics of my sisters old Rat-look Splitty.......

 

cool cool motors imo....something ive always fancied

 

ive been thinking about one of these as well! would have to be a splittie though,lowered with decent aloys and engine to match

 

Its a four grand difference between a splittie and late bay minimum

 

any links to any for sale? just to see what sort of price they command?

 

Thing is, a bay is just an old camper. A Splitty is an Icon. Depends what you want out of it I guess.

When you are rattling along the motorway in a bay, everyone is thinking 'Get that heap of old shit off the road'.

When you are rattling along the motorway in a Splitty, most people are thinking 'Wow, look at that'.

 

Christian and Beccy

only folk in the know though

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-VW-Split-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Volkswagen-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-VOLKSWAGON-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1963-VW-Split-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

So true about the split screeners. The unit next to my old workshop was a Camper Van restoration place and some of the ones he had turn up and what he turned them into was amazing!!!!! Some of the customers invoices though were hitting over 12k!!!!!!!! His one was insured for over £20k!!

He has a good selection down there and knows them inside out so can pass his details on if you like?

Chris

 

A early bay is nigh on identical to the rear

 

The one that did the Gumball



http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2342060

 

Samba's are mega money

 

and..........

you're loaded

get one

 

Not when the wifes involved

 

dont be put off a bay mate,if youve ever drove a split long didtance you will realise they are impractical at best but way cool..early bays are still very desirable and a lot better to drive if you want to do lots of miles,if you do go for an early split(small back window)parts are a lot harder to get and a lot more exspensive...

the engines if treated right are quality..

buy volksworld magazine will help you out lots

 

Cheers mate, I heard splits are aweful to drove and the bay I drove was shocking

We would want to use it for camping and most splits are actually buses

This is more my affordability

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...3596&rd=1&rd=1

 

couldnt get much nearer to me with that first one paul! right on my doorstep, never seen it around though? wonder if they do split screen fakes/replicas? how do you tell an orig?

 

if you do decide to look at splits look for 1 that is irsd as reduction hubs suck ass..

and take a trip 2 pod next week end for bug jam its awsome

 

How about one of these nick

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...2042&rd=1&rd=1

 

You can find them on here:

www.classiccarsforsale.com

 

theyre different the copy bloody everything dont they!

 

http://www.southwestsplitz.co.uk/index.php

what Gavin doesn't know about these things isn't worth knowing..

 

was trying to persuade the wife to sell the focus and get one,think how much shopping you could fit in that [ the proper one that is]

 

http://www.kieftenklok.nl/

check these out met lots of people at shows who have imported from these[/url]

 

id love a camper think it would be cool just to shoot off for weekends might have to buy an extra lotto ticket

 

Paul, you got any nice pics of really cool campers like that Samba?

 

My mate imports and restores camper vans buy very carefully and spend as much as you can.He has just sold one to a leeds united player for mega bucks

 

Ive still got my first ever car sat at my parents...a 1970 1302s bug, tuned too wheelie With regards to campers tho...I know of a few people with bays and they go all over europe in them, and then there's one lad who sold his bay to buy a splitty...looks mint but he absolutly hates driving it when compared to his old bay..steering wheel is offset to the left making it for a very uncomfortable drive....still look tho

 

never realised these went for so much,another idea out the window, unless i sell the monte i think id have to have one that had a total ground up resto or you could end up buying a total pile of crap, bet there are some right rustbuckets around of that age,bit of a specialist field i think,still love a split screen though with great paintjob and alloys

 

I got one a few years ago and the brakes are very scary

it had a 1640 engine and it was deff too fast for the brakes would have felt safer if it had a anchor to throw out the back.

 

I've just put mine in the for sale section.

 

Paul.......

Posted in Cars for Sale tonight.....

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...asc&highlight=

 

Guys I think I've been talked around to a split screen now

Got my eyes on a ratty australian import

 

Oh if I won the lottery.

Was talking to a bloke in the services a couple of months back from Pontefract, he has two of em and said that he once saw one sell for £55k!

I would go for a totally restored one... if you are gonna do it either get someone else to do it for you or buy a knacked one and get it sorted yourself.

There's one in the bodyshop at the moment where I've just had my XR2i resprayed and de-rusted... its gonna be sommat pretty special when its done!

 

Im helping a friend of mine restore her early bay window at the moment, they look much better with the indicators at the bottom. It gets loads of attention despite not being a split screen.

 

I love old air cooled vdubs, pre 67 beetles are my favourite though.

Slammed, empi wheels, full on cal-look.

mmmmmmm