1965 VW Split Screen, double barn door, camper van project, ...

Hammer

£12,000

1965 VW Split Screen, double barn door, camper van project, 1584cc. Registration number HKH153C. Chassis number 225091219. Engine number 5546 AD 4358.
Sold with the V5C, V5, copy of Swedish registration document, keys, various receipts.
The first generation of the Volkswagen Type 2 was available as a van for work or as a people carrier. It had the distinctive 2 front windscreens and the V shape on the front panel. Initially built until 1956 at Wolfsburg; from 1956, it was built at the completely new Transporter factory in Hanover. Sharing many components with the VW Beetle, the first Transporters were powered by a 25Hp 1100cc Volkswagen air-cooled engine mounted in the rear. This was upgraded to the 1200cc 30 HP engine in 1953. In 1963 the 1500cc engine was introduced, and the front indicators are made larger to the 'fish eye style'.
During the 17 years of production, there were a great many versions produced by VW, there was the basic panel van, an entry-level Kombi or Bus, is the 11-window. The Deluxe model featured eight rear side windows and two rear corner windows, making it the 15-window. Meanwhile, Samba, officially called the sunroof Deluxe, came with eight small skylight windows, giving it the name of the 23-window.
HKH, referred to as a Kombi in Germany, is a Kombinationskraftwagen (combination motor vehicle), and was imported by our vendor in 2001 from Sweden with a mileage of 76975 KM on the odometer.
At this time it was in good running condition and had a pretty good bodywork (due to lack of salting on Swedish roads apparently). The interior however was non-existent and our vendor worked with various craftspeople and engineers to install a full camping interior with electrical hookup and an electrical management system with leisure battery, fridge, 13A sockets, spotlights in the ceiling and water pump for sink, he installed a full-width collapsible bed/seat with under-bed storage, and a removable beechwood kitchen/dining table. He toured in it for three years around west Wales, the west coast of Scotland, and then Europe (Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, Corsica) along with various festivals etc. It was retired when he bought a house to restore in southern France, in 2004, and has stayed in the garage ever since, with some 86,000KM on the odometer. It was pulled out of its slumber with ease (when the tyres were inflated!). Our vendor now accepts that he will never restore the bus to its former glory and it is time for a new custodian.
This now offers the new owner the opportunity to restore this rare double barn door, eleven window Spittie as they seem deem fitting.