The "Lurchmobile"

[vw7266]

I cleaned out some parts I was given recently..I had some of those and tossed them.

[Six Volt]

I cleaned out some parts I was given recently..I had some of those and tossed them.

I hear you! I must have tossed plenty of those over the years figuring, "Who needs them?" Well, with a lot of these buses going on their second or third lives, those flapper boxes are rusted beyond all hope and we're starting to look for them again. I can't believe how they jacked up the prices! But then again, look at heat exchangers. If you told me a deal on a replacement HE would be $300, I would have said "No way!". I realize there's still some good used stuff out there if you look around, but how long will "used" be a deal with prices like these!

Check out the price for a pair of connecting elbows (the pipe between the HE & the flapper box) And who knows about the level of quality!
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp ... 7%2DJ13379

[vw7266]

easy to fix all that sean...sell it and get another early bus

[Six Volt]

easy to fix all that sean...sell it and get another early bus

Yea, I'm not getting too crazy with this rehab. A passenger bus should be a nice change up as I have a house full of HS kids always wanting to get "dropped off".

Besides, Lurch already did all the hard work. I guess I get to enjoy it a bit!

You don't see too many splitty passenger buses. I'd love to have one. Josh has the coolest one by far.

[Randy in Maine]

Been here?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1102505

I had to pay top dollar for mine at the Bus Depot.

[Six Volt]

Been here?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1102505

I had to pay top dollar for mine at the Bus Depot.

I'm all over that price!

could you make those out of that autozone flexible exhaust piping? they go from the heater boxes to the heat tube "Y" ? ?
dont know much about those new-fangled buses

Although the link depicts 72-74 exhaust, the connector elbows are used on the '75-'78 set ups as well. Here's the link again. Look closely at the items and you'll see the so called connecting elbows between the "flapper" and the HE.

I like the Randy in Maine price link!

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp ... 7%2DJ13379

[Ken]

Wow, didn't realize how expensive the heating system parts are for those late Bay's. You could put $1200-$1500 in a complete new system.

[lurch]

that's why I rolled with a propane heater when I had it ,wasn't putting the price of the bus in to the heat

[Randy in Maine]

I will be poking around my boxes of extra parts to see if I have what you are looking for. When I bought the "new bus" it came with 4 boxes of stuff + 3 engines (counting the dead one in the bus that had the 5 big meat flywheel bolts sheared off...never seen that before).

[Six Volt]

I will be poking around my boxes of extra parts to see if I have what you are looking for. When I bought the "new bus" it came with 4 boxes of stuff + 3 engines (counting the dead one in the bus that had the 5 big meat flywheel bolts sheared off...never seen that before).

Thanks!