A New Project! 1970 SO69/5 Camper!
We went bus hunting in central California… Calaveras County. While we came across only ONE bus the whole day fate decided a camper should fall into our laps! It turns out our local real estate friend, Bill, heard our story that day and asked us if we’d buy his bus! Umm.. yes please! This is how are bus project begins:
Bill led us back to his place down the street and sitting at the far back corner of the driveway was Benson. Here’s a shot of Benson -
Here Bill is saying his goodbyes.
So the first thing we did once it made it home 400 miles was pop the top! Seals need to be replaced and I need to acquire some canvas. Right now it’s a fully-screened in area up there.
…and a quick tour in and around:
A quick link: http://www.arcticaircooledvws.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1604 to give a little explanation to the tag below.
Nice screened-in view.
The only major damage.
1970 User's Manual
Service Record, Maintenance tickets and Dealer / Service maps of Germany
Some other cool paperwork is there too. All in all it’s a very promising project! …and who can complain about 3 buses in the driveway? Gotta love it.
Thank you Bill for a great bus! It’s in good hands…
July 18, 2010 at 11:26 am
Hey, hows the new project coming along? Post some new pix and stories for us.
Peace, Rich