Hi Ian,
Great to see your barndoor looking so good after it's bout of TLC.:beer:
I recently bought a set of old VW Motoring magazines, and your bus gets quite a few mentions in a register set up by Jennifer Pedlar. At the time it was owned by a guy in Dumfriesshire in south west Scotland, which isn't too far away from me. The bus won quite a few trophies due to it's age and condition, and was regularly seen as far afield as Stanford Hall, and the Scottish VW Festival held at Doune Motor Museum in Stirlingshire.
Do you know if the guy in Dumfriesshire is still on the scene? He acted as an intermediary for me when I bought several parts for an Oval I owned back in the 1990's, and I visited his place back then. If memory serves me right, he was a welder with considerable talents, and was building a Type 82E from an Oval, but using panels salvaged from several split Beetles.
It's great to see an early bus being preserved:thumbup: , and not lowered with the usual lairy engine and wheel combination.:thumbdn:
I hope to see it in the metal soon.
Gavin.
Originally Posted by: Lost64