Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 17:08:24 -0700
Reply-To: Rodney Kindlund <rodney@RODKRAFTSTUDIO.COM>
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From: Rodney Kindlund <rodney@RODKRAFTSTUDIO.COM>
Subject: Re: <FMBC> Splitty Sighting FS
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Andy......Thanks, man for checking the splitty out and
I hope someone is interested it saving her. The
condition is about as I would have guessed. Sounds
like someone is gonna have a project.........Rodney,
the Grateful Dude
--- Andrew Strom <the-andyman518@charter.net> wrote:
> For those of you interested, I just got back from
> looking at the bus. I'm
> pretty sure it's a '66. It's a kombi/standard that
> has had a homemade
> camper conversion done to it. They cut in a 12th
> and 13th window(louvered
> window of course). The interior is pretty much all
> gone. The only
> remaining pieces are the homemade bed(just boards at
> the moment), the front
> seat(which have pretty good upholstery on them), the
> front door panels are
> almost there(they're there but in pretty rough
> shape), and all the gauges
> and switches are in the dash. There's also a radio
> in the dash(doesn't look
> like the correct one for the year though). The rust
> isn't all that bad for
> this area of the country. The front floors are
> toast, the passenger rocker
> will need replacing, and the battery tray is also
> toast. The front nose
> looks like it has been bondo'd at one point, so you
> can probably count on
> having to replace the lower front nose as well. But
> the driver side rocker
> is in great shape as is the driver side cargo
> floor(didn't check the
> passenger side any farther in than the cargo lip).
> Neither of the driver
> side jack points will need replacing, they looked
> really solid. Again,
> forgot to check the passenger side. The motor
> probably doesn't run, but
> looks like the stock 1500, and it still has the
> governor on it. Condition
> of the transmission is unknown. Overall, I would
> consider it worth the $850
> they are asking for it. I can go and get the phone
> number off the bus for
> anybody interested.
>
> Andrew
> '58 Panel Bus
> '60 European Beetle
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rodney Kindlund" <rodney@rodkraftstudio.com>
> To: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>;
> <fullmoon@hville.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 10:07 AM
> Subject: <FMBC> Splitty Sighting FS
>
>
> > Hey, dudes and dudettes......
> >
> > On Saturday I saw a splitty sitting in a front
> yard in
> > Greenville County, SC for sale, if anyone is
> > interested. I didn't have time to stop on the way
> to
> > the airport from Asheville, but it looked purty
> solid
> > with minor rust, i.e. sheet rust on maybe 10% of
> body.
> > It is parked in a yard on Hwy. 290 near the
> > twin-watertowers on the north side of Greenville.
> For
> > those of you in the Greenville, SC area you
> probably
> > know where I mean. I looked at my wife as we were
> > passing by. All she said was "don't even think
> about
> > it. You just bought your third bus." So, someone
> else
> > is gonna have to rescue this one.
> >
> > See y'all at High Country Bus Fest ival in Boone,
> NC
> > July 26-28 near Grandfather Mtn. Check out the
> website
> > at:
> >
> >
> http://www.mindspring.com/~contecmidwest/index.html
> >
> > See ya......Rodney, the Grateful Dude
> > ------------
> >
> >
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