I just sold my 67 13 Window OG paint bus to buy this.
It's a 65 Panel welded to a shortened 71 Bay chasis with the bay slider installed.
Here is a Build picture.
The first one is as it sits now. It has a 78 Bay front beam, a 79 Bay 6 rib transaxle, power boosted late Bay front brakes. This way I get Splitty looks abd Bay ride. I'm leaving the late bay 5x130mm wheels on because this bus will be getting Moon Discs so nobody will know the difference by looking. It will be painted Ruby Red to match the 64 Bug, and 64 Ghia that Team Ireland will be running at Bonneville next year in the 36Hp challenge.
Currently it is a Bench model but that's coming out in favor of a Bay walk through section with a T-25/Vanagon swivel seat passenger seat with a fixed Vanagonm drivers seat, both with adjustable arm rests. In the back it will be treated to a 84 Vanagon Woflsburg full width bed ( bed measures 58" wide and inside to inside wall on the Splitty is 62"). Then I'm installing a Vanagon Sink,Fridge.cooker unit but it is going to be converted to be a swing out unit in the middle of the slider door. The thing which will make the purists cringe is that I'm installing a Rivera straight up Pop Top to make it a 4 berth. We are sectioning the fiberglass pop top to bring it lower to the splitty roofline. Then it will recieve a copy of a front curved Westy rack and a custom middle rack over the Pop Top. That will be my pivotong Canoe rack. It is designed to swing over the drivers side with the Canoe still attached to load and unload the Canoe and allow the top to Pop up .By the Summer it will have Air Conditioning and a gas heater. This bus will be designed to drive 10K miles up to Alaska and through Canada. It is usung the small 5 wheels because they are easier to balance. It will have a custom Petrol tank in addition to the stock tank. I am also installing a change out pressurized water system for purified drinking water, probably 7 gallons. It's a real Bastard of a Bus but it will be comfortable and you won't ever see another like it.
