1959 VW 7 Door Panel Van Walk Around

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Join us as I walk around one of my favorite vintage buses of all time. This is a beautifully restored 1959 VW Panel Van. This rare VW van has cargo doors on both sides and this unique model is known as a 7 door van or a double door panel van. Most panel vans had cargo doors only on the passenger side but this one has the rare option of doors on both sides.

I purchased the bus and had it shipped to Jeff Gagnon in Sioux Falls, SD. Jeff specializes in restoring vintage VW Buses so I knew he was the right guy to get this bus back in stock (or better than stock) condition. Jeff had an early front clip with the correct bullet front turn signals and angled headlight buckets (noticeable from inside the van if you are a purist) so I gave the go ahead to have him professionally install the good used front clip. Jeff estimated he had done as many as nine other front clips and it is virtually impossible to tell it has been fixed. The dog legs (just below the front doors) are original, the rocker panels are original and so are the belly pans. There is a small area of corrosion in one of the original belly pans but since I wanted to keep all of the original sheet metal with this restoration the belly pans were left as original. This bus is an amazingly original rust free example of a classic VW split window Bus.

The paint on this panel van is the nicest I have seen on any VW bus in person. After the factory correct Dove Blue paint was applied the paint was color sanded to a mirror finish. The engine is a period correct 36 hpr air cooled flat four cylinder motor. The transmission is a correct crash box transmission (first gear is non synchromesh). The tires are period correct bias ply firestones and they are brand new. As of this writing the bus has about 75 miles on the restoration and the tires have only 40 miles on the vintage style bias ply tires. The only not correct items on the entire van that I'm aware of are the muffler and the hub caps. I have some original work truck painted hub caps but they are not painted gray yet. I have the panel divider and the original glass window that mounts just behind the front seat

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