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1965 VW Split Screen Camper Van – Fully Restored Spring 2018 For Sale


1965 VW Split Screen Camper Van – Fully Restored Spring 2018 – An interesting bus with a lovely history.

Some of you may remember this bus if you look at the pre restoration photographs on our website. This is a very special bus that we rescued from the Californian desert around three years ago and shipped over to the UK in a container along with two others. Once in our workshop, we overhauled the entire mechanical setup including a replacement reconditioned 1600TP engine and installed a brand new 12V wiring loom replacing all of the old electrics. We left the paintwork exactly how it was in its Californian sun bleached yellow look and sold it very quickly to a lucky new owner.

Eventually the new owner couldn’t resist painting the bus back in its shiny original colour ‘Lotus White’ so he instructed a professional bodyshop to strip the entire shell and repaint it using little to no filler at all. Naturally, this bus had spent 30+ years in a desert and having resided in such a hot climate meant that the shell was incredibly solid and original making it an easy project to restore without the need for excessive welding and replacement metal like most buses you see today. The paintwork looks stunning and similar to how it would have looked from factory.

Ultimately, we got the bus back in stock as the owner later found another vehicle he liked and needed to raise funds. At this point we decided that the bus deserved to be finished internally to the highest possible standard so we really went the extra mile and finish the restoration. This included us fitting a brand new pop-top conversion featuring the following high specification

• Full width ‘Dormobile’ Style Fibreglass side elevating pop top roof unit complete with gas elevating inner struts for ease of operation.
• Highest quality military grade canvas in stunning deep red complete with four side opening zip windows. This is the same material used to make bullet proof vests and will not tear easily!
• ‘Dormobile’ Style fixed glass panes in roof and 2X opening fresh air vents.
• Full grey cloth inner lining.
• Chrome Edging Surround Trim.
• Underside bracing to vehicle to reinforce structure safely compensating for hole in the roof.

The side elevating pop top is one of the most iconic and practical additions you can make to a Split Screen Camper allowing for almost double the living space inside as well as allowing you to stand up and move about inside the bus with ease which also aids cooking and other activities whilst camping.

We then went on to fit one of our high specification bespoke camping interiors including all the bespoke woodwork handcrafted from scratch in our joinery.

• Brand new headliner in original perforated off white vinyl professionally installed and trimmed down to the waistline neatly (whilst the windows were out).
• Full and extensive upholstery throughout entire vehicle to include brand new 10-piece door card set finished in Ivory cream vinyl with deep red piping and fluting.
• Full width Rock n’ Roll Bed System. This is a triple rear seat that folds down with ease to create a large and comfortable double bed.
• 3 Piece Bed cushion set upholstered in matching vinyl using memory foam topped cushions for the ultimate sleeping experience.
• Bespoke curved oak skirting board to sit flush with rock n’ roll bed frame following the curvature neatly at each side.
• Main bespoke cabinet veneered in the highest quality oak grain featuring oak tops complete with 1960’s style ‘Devon’ edging trim and cream insert.
• Double gas burner unit installed and complete with new camping gas bottle and all required fittings and Gas compliance safety certificate.
• Main cabinet features a twin facing rear seating arrangement as you enter the bus, which allows for five people to sit comfortably in the rear. Complete with matching foam cushions for seating.
• Bespoke table in oak veneer with matching ‘Devon’ edging trim and cream insert setup using a chrome island pedestal arrangement for easy disassembly when not in use.
• Full curtain track set and 1960’s style psychedelic curtains (black outlined) with tiebacks.

What more can be said about this bus other than that it is a stunning example with all of the extras you could wish for. Any further additions / modifications that you would like to add or amend please just let us know as there really are no boundaries with what we can offer.

Comes fully MOT’d and ready to be driven away with the turn of a key for another 50 years of good service!

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