Description
VW Type 2 Microbus / Day Camper
2. 0 litre
Left Hand Drive
Manual Gearbox 4 speed
Petrol
Registration: OBA 307P
First Registration: 31/ 12/ 1976
First Registered UK: 13/ 06/ 2014
Taxation Class: Historic vehicle so zero cost
MOT: Exempt as it’s a historic vehicle
Mileage: 21, 763 miles, will change as I use daily atm. Also assume that its really 121, 763 as the dials only show to 5 digits.
For sale is ‘Bumble’ our 1976 type 2 that we imported from California in 2014, originally a microbus with 9 seats, we converted him to a campervan with a full size rock & roll bed, insulated window blinds, storage cabinets, power steering and a hammock that sits above the cab area, we have kept all the original microbus interior (please see pics) and are including a lot of spares including a spare starter motor.
We sound insulated all the interior panels, the cab floor, the rear area above the engine and the floor area, the van is quiet, drives superbly and we have completed 2 European trips and countless UK weekends over the past 12 years, he has always been garaged in the UK and has never been welded, I have all the pictures of underneath when we imported him from the US as I couldn’t believe how clean and original he was.
We have had a few VW’s over the years and we purposely converted without a kitchen to have a bigger bed, we found in previous vans we hardly used the kitchen inside and it was a lot better to take our version of an outdoor kitchen that packed down into our storage units, that’s why I called it a day camper, however we have been away for 3 weeks at a time, just in case anyone is worried!
Powered by a smooth 2. 0 litre running engine that hardly uses any oil. The only item we have ever had to replace more than once in the last 12 years is the starter motor, the recent one is about 3 years old, and I bought a spare at the same time as it’s a very easy fix for a home mechanic.
He’s just had 4 new tyres, a new exhaust, a service, and an assessment via Slaughterhouse Customs in Sussex, everything that needed completing in their assessment was finished and this invoice (£1770) is included with all the other paperwork we have, this includes all the invoices for his time in the states.
So to finish, you are getting a van ready to go travelling in straight away, insure, fill with petrol and head off, however if you did want to put back to original condition as a microbus, then you have 90% of the original parts, including seats, rubber floor mat, grab handles, rear door cards, door vents etc, plus numerous spares including starter motor, distributor cap, condenser, points, spare front lights, original orange indicator lens, seat belts, window rubbers and other stuff I have forgotten, plus it will all fit in the van to take with you.
Colour - he was already sprayed orange in California and my intention was to put back to VW Safari red under white, you can see this colour in the engine bay but I never got round to it, lastly prepare for a lot of love coming back at you driving this bus, everyone waves, stops to chat in carparks and tell you their own stories, it’s great.
