1959 Double Door Panel Bus

For sale: 1959 Volkswagen Bus/Vanagon

Technical specifications

Item location:
Oakley, California, United States
Make:
Volkswagen
Model:
Bus/Vanagon
Type:
Panel Van
Trim:
None
Year:
1959
Mileage:
7,980
VIN:
453500
Color:
Blue
Engine size:
1600CC
Number of cylinders:
4
Fuel:
Gasoline
Transmission:
Manual
Drive type:
Manual
Interior color:
Gray
Vehicle Title:
Clear
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Description

For sale is a 1959 double door panel bus. The bus ispretty solid for the year. The bus isn't perfect but still a very nice bus with a fresh ppg primer sealer blue paint job .roof was done in a ppg semi gloss white .body was sandeddown to bare metal and primed very few light filler areas on the body. has some rustbelow the cargo doors on outer rocker panels has the original belly pans on it with a few holes I painted the whole underside of bus in a light grey rustoleum to protect whole underside of bus.

It has a stockrebuilt1965 link pinfront beam. New tie rods new tie rod ends new drag link. The bus no longer has a small nut transaxle it now has a1967 big nut in it that is a stock 12v trans works great gos in every gear fine.New brakes all around used only german parts no expense spared on the breaks.new wheel cylinders new soft lines new hard brake lines new hardware and springs new brake shoes. New tires on freshlypowder coated white stock 15 inch bus rims. The hubcaps are used caps painted grey.

The inside cargo area of the bus has been sprayed the lightgrey from rustoleum. The front cab of the bus has a fresh spray of blue sealer as well .dash has one spare hole next to wiper switch and the radio holes where opened up a bit can see on sides of radio block off. Brand new front safari windows painted blue as well. The front doors have all new window rubber and door seals. New rear hatch window seal and hatch seal installed.

has a 1968 westfalia z bed in cargo area which turns into a bed I have the back pad also for it

the cargo floor is rust free then I put some insulation matt down over it to help with sound since I was making this bus into a camper

the side windows where cut in long ago but there pretty cool cause you can see out of it the back window on body they put in right above inner bracing so would be a easy fit to put back

the drivers rear quarter panel is the worst of the damage on the bus but these panelscan be bought new making these bus's easier to fix

The interior is pretty bare still needing the cardboard panels. New cargo door seals. all new window seals used german ones from Wolfsburg west. the front seat is just springs on bottom but the tophas theoriginal cover. the front floor is fairly solid pass side is good drivers has a hole where the license plate is over I do have a patch section for that from Wolfsburg west that gos with it

The engine is a lower mile 1600cc single port engine brand newgerman busexhaust with heater boxes new plugs Agood 30 pict 1 carburetor new air filter new fuel pump and a fresh oil change. The transaxle has fresh gear oil in the trans and in the reduction boxes.goodbumpers painted white with overrides. The bumpers are complete with all uprights and overrides.. New shocks on all four corners used the silver kyb. New light switch andoriginal 4 terminalignition switch .good originalfront door handles with key. has a redone 1967 hump gas tank and outlet along with new fuel lines. All the lights work. new tail lights from isp west The wipers work. New stock pressure plate and clutch.

just got bus registered and I have put some miles on it around town and on freeway runs great and is a blast to drive gets tons of looks everywhere but I need to slim down my collection due to not having as big of building to store safely

has a clean ca pink current reg ready to go fly in a drive home!

I have more pictures if need

please email me for any questions or more pictures infamous_aircooleds@Hotmail.com

thanks please only serious bidders

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