$47,500
Salem, Oregon
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1978 VOLKSWAGEN BUS SURVIVOR - 21,715 Original Miles - 2 owner - Rare Automatic$47,500 OBO Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Thanks for checking out this rare survivor Kombi Bay Window, very hard to find in this condition. This bus is probably one of the lowest and most original 1978 VW buses in the country. It was bought new at Eyerly Volkswagen in November 1977, Salem, Oregon. It has spent its whole life right here in the same town for over 38 years. This is a true two owner vehicle, always garaged and always loved and cared for. Some dear friends of mine, Dave and Kay, bought this bus from the original owner’s family in 2008. They were at a family wedding, and ran into an old high school acquaintance. After they started talking, the bus came up in the conversation, they new that Dave and Kay loved special classic cars. She started to explain the history of this VW Bus. The bus was bought new by her father, and after a few years of ownership he had passed away, with only 18,000 miles on the odometer. The bus had still been kept up through the years, but only backed in and out of the garage. Dave loves a great story and he loved this bus, so like any classic vehicle, he pampers and improves them. But he knew this bus was an extremely special and rare find, so he did make a few modifications that he could reverse. They bought this bus to enjoy and show off with his family. They have owned it for the last 7 years, and they loved it so much. It was always the go-to vehicle when they went to car shows. He had one of the nicest 1963 Corvettes in the country, but the Corvette soon took a back seat to this bus. It has been to a lot of shows here in our area. In 2010 they had it up at the Woodburn National VW Meet, and Hot VW's was there. When the editor first saw it, he thought “what a nice restored bus!”, but as he got closer to it, he realized this was an original survivor!! I show pictures of the December issue of Hot VW's and the feature they did on it. At pretty much any show it goes to, it will win an award. They took it to the largest show here in the Northwest, the Portland Roadster Show. Out of all of the cars there, it won the Peoples Choice Award, 1st in Original Class, and the Best Original Engine Compartment. Truly a great showing. I took lots of photos, please check them all out. What you are looking at is an original bus with some upgrades. It is not a restored trailer queen, but it is in awesome condition. The body on this bus is suburb, absolutely no rust, no rust repairs, extremely clean. When they got the bus in 2008, it looked very nice, I actually saw it the day they bought it, Dave dropped it by my place, and I could not believe my eyes. It had some minor chips and small scratches on it, but it had the original wheels and tires on it. It is a very clean and original bus. Dave took it home, and he started to clean it and polish everything. He is retired, and he likes his cars to be kept in great condition. The paint is very nice, with a great shine. I do know that when the first owners had it, her dad had few spots touched up. Behind the rear wheel on the drivers quarter panel, he had scraped it in his garage, and had the VW dealership repaint a small section behind the back wheel on quarter. It had various little chips and small scratches on it from sitting for many years, so it has been detailed on the outside, with small touchup on little chips and scratches. You have to remember it is original paint, so the touchups were just making it as nice as possible. Outside, it looks awesome. It looks good inside as well, but under shop lights, you can see some of the small touchups and small dings that are in the body, mostly on the driver’s side down lower. But overall, out in the sunlight, no one would say a word, it looks great. It is wearing all of its original glass and the original weather stripping and felts. It is truly amazing. If you know buses, this stuff does not last as long as it has on this vehicle, unless it is low mileage and garaged. The front and rear bumper have been chromed. They were originally white, but my friend wanted them to look really nice, so had them chromed. The interior is amazing and is not restored, this is the way it is. Perfect panels, perfect headliner, original rubber floor mats, amazing floors. The only item that has been replaced inside is the center seat upholstery. It was out of the bus, and something ripped the seat, so the cover had to be replaced. Overall, the interior is just flat out amazing. The original owner had already replaced the radio, so my friend Dave had the radio upgraded, and it sounds great. The engine is original, you can look at the original stampings and tags on it in the photos. It is totally amazing. It runs very good and has never been out of the bus. It does not blow smoke or burn any oil. It does have a few typical oil leaks, which you often see on these, especially on something so original. I was pretty amazed at how much power this bus has, especially with an AT transmission. The brakes all work well. This is one of the nicest riding buses I have ever been in. Not a rattle, not a squeak, it just glides down the road. The steering box has a leak, and probably will need to be resealed down the road, but it steers flawlessly. Everything works on this bus, including all of the lights and the heater. As you can see, it has been slightly lowered. It has been lowered in the front with drop spindles, and the rearend has been lowered by adjusting the rear torsion arms 5 degrees. Another alteration is that the exhaust has been upgraded. The very small upgrades to this bus can be reversed very easily. This will be the only bus like this at any show. Once people realize that it is original, it will draw a crowd!!! I have been selling classic cars here on eBay since 2003, 12 years now, with around 500 classic cars sold over the internet, and 100% Feedback. What I love about these old cars is that I get to own some of my favorite cars one at a time. I have turned this passion into a business, but for me it is an awesome time to enjoy the cars themselves. It has been such a joy to do business with people all over the world. I have sold multiple cars to many buyers all over from Europe, Dubai, Australia, Japan, Brazil, just to name a few. It has always been a pleasure, getting to know other car enthusiasts all over the world, especially some that have become very good friends of mine because of our love for cars. I look forward to doing business here on eBay for many years to come, and look forward to meeting some other classic car nuts like myself. If you would like to call me and talk about the car, that would be great. I would love to help you out. If you want to call and talk about cars, it would be my pleasure, I am always on the hunt for any interesting classics, please give me a call, 503-910-2085 - Jason. View the pictures and read the auction. If you have more questions let me know, and I would be glad to help you out. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A "BUY IT NOW" GIVE ME A CALL!! 503-910-2085 Thanks, Jason ****Blue Oval Ranch, What's DENWERKS, many people know me as Blue Oval Ranch since 2003. We are slowing changing our name over to DENWERKS. You can find us on Facebook, just search DENWERKS on FACEBOOK, PLEASE LIKE US, to see what we are all about, we do not sell cars on FACEBOOK, just show you what we are doing, interesting finds, friends cars, and just a bunch of other fun Vehicle related things. Thanks, Jason 503-910-2085A U C T I O N E N D S July 5th- Sunday Night EAST COAST: 10:00 pm WEST COAST: 7:00 pm 10 Day Auction, I am looking for a Buyer!!! Terms are pretty Simple, if you can pay for it, within the time I allow, and can follow the guidelines, then please bid, if you can't then don't. It takes 2 to put on a good auction, you the Buyer and Me the Seller. I have perfect feedback, have sold over 500 well loved Classic Cars on Ebay, and have pretty much had great experiences with everyone. International Bidders, Please bid, have sent many cars to Europe, Australia, Asia, and all has been great. Please read the auction 2-3 times, and look at all the pictures and study them. If you have more questions please call me or email, I would be glad to help. **USA shipping, I have a nice lady that helps us with shipping she can give you a quote anywhere in the USA, she is reliable and hauls all my cars and most of my customers. Z Best Transport - Mario -425-315-5929, tell him that you are working with Jason from Blue Oval Ranch. **Overseas shipping, I use Schumacher Cargo Logistics, Damien Sheilds 818-314-2536, he is the Sales manager, he is very good and very helpful tell him you are working with me. I do have a price sheet for quick pricing as well, so I can give you a basic ball park. Terms of Sale: When auction ends, you need to contact me within 24hrs of auction end, $1000 deposit within 24hrs prefer paypal. Balance due within 7 days of auction end. If you have questions about payment, give me a call before you bid, if you need special arrangements, as long as I know ahead of time, no problem. I am easy to get along with. When you pay in full, I will fax you a bill of sale, and buyers guide, and have you sign it fax it back, and I will send you the Oregon Title, and Original Paperwork I have by FedEx to you and the bill of sale. If you come in person, obviously I would do all the paperwork with you, and hand over title in hand when you pay. Most people I deal with have there car shipped, so just explaining all the details. Pretty Simple, you pay, and you get the title and the vehicle. I just love this bus, perfect stance, it doesn't get any better then this. This bus is not restored, it is a survivor, with a few nice upgrades. The interior is 100% original, floor mats, headliner, all original. The only thing changed is the upholstery on the middle seat. Front seats, and rear seat, all original. Fantastic Original Engine compartment. Won best of show, at the Portland Roadster Show, for most original engine. HOT VW's did a feature on it in 2010, at this time it had 20,655 miles on the odometer. If you notice in the pictures, the bumpers are chrome, these are the original bumpers, but my friend wanted them chrome, he likes things really nice, and this bus deserved a little bling. After market wheels and tires, front was lowered slightly with drop spindles, and rear torsion bar adjusted 5%. Everything can be reversed if you want it back to original. I do have the original wheels and hubcaps. This bus rides so nice, you will be impressed. Rack does come with the bus, the surfboard in other pictures is not included. New exhaust was installed, has a nice sound. Removable step This is Dave and Kay, they love this bus, but it is time to move on, they have been thinning down the herd of classic cars, and this is the last one to go. They are retired and want to do some other things in their future, great people, they hope it goes to a nice home that can enjoy it just as much as they and their family have. Brand new, it was $6846.50 This is were it has lived for the last 7 years. Original Owners Manuals Receipt from Eyerly Volkswagon in 1977, to the original owner. Original Salesman at Eyerly VW. Original License Oregon License Plate, and Eyerly Plate Frame. Has Oregon Special Interest plates on it now. All the VIN numbers are in place, notice no tape lines, this Bus has Original Paint. Original Engine, wait til you see more pictures of the engine. Here is the feature on this Bay Window, this is Dave and Kays Daughter and grand daughter, they showed this bus just as much as Dave and Kay!!! I was out in a little spin, here you see it has 21,713 next picture shows 21,715. I pulled over to pick up my sign, and people were slowing down staring at the bus, it is something you don't see everyday. The dash area is perfect, no cracks, very little wear. Front seats are original, very little wear. All the door panels and inner panels are original Headliner Perfect!!! This is were it gets interesting, under the dash, under the mats, are perfect, no rust, original!!! I should have cleaned that little dirt spot off, sorry : ) When was the last time you seen floors like that. Original insulation, when was the last time you saw the plastic on it still and sticker. Down the sides of this bus are nice, but there are typical waves down the side, that is the way they came from the factory not perfect. Amazing engine compartment, original, take a look at the stickers, and the original white stampings. You know you are dealing with low miles when you start seeing things like this. Original Transmission tag on dipstick. This is usually all broken up and soggy, amazing condition. Absolutely no rust, original underneath, has the factory undercoating on it. It does have some blemishes on it, take a look at the photos, there are some small dings, and small touch ups, on this original VW. Out in the sunlight harder to see, in the shade you notice a few more things. You have to remember while looking at this photo, you are not looking at a restored bus, you are looking at a Very NICE Survivor with mostly original paint. So there are some small touchups and dings etc. You can see a small scratch from a bad wiper, it is the original windshield though. It might be able to be polished out, it is a small wear mark. This is a pretty close up, 2 small divits, that have been filled. These next photos start looking at the rubber, and chrome. Look at the felts, original and in amazing condition. Check out the window felts!!! Roof gutters are really nice!!!! One small ding on roof, paintless dent removable guy might be able to get it. ****Blue Oval Ranch, What's DENWERKS, many people know me as Blue Oval Ranch since 2003. We are slowing changing our name over to DENWERKS. You can find us on Facebook, just search DENWERKS on FACEBOOK, PLEASE LIKE US, to see what we are all about, we do not sell cars on FACEBOOK, just show you what we are doing, interesting finds, friends cars, and just a bunch of other fun Vehicle related things. Thanks, Jason 503-910-2085A U C T I O N E N D S July 5th- Sunday Night EAST COAST: 10:00 pm WEST COAST: 7:00 pm 10 Day Auction, I am looking for a Buyer!!!
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