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1968 Volkswagen Westfalia on 2040-cars

Year:1968 Mileage:49310 Color: of the bus
Location:

Belle Plaine, Kansas, United States

Belle Plaine, Kansas, United States

 Restoration just completed on this extremely Original Rust Free Lotus White 1968 Volkswagen Westfalia!  This was a very rust free bus prior to restoration.  The only new metal that was required was a patch panel for the passenger side cabin floor, this was purchased from "Bus Depot" and professionally installed.  This bus spent its life in Dry Oklahoma before I purchased it for Restoration.  Starting from the ground up, this bus is riding on Brand New tires with less than 500 miles on them.  The tires are mounted on powder coated rims that were painted the same factory color of Lotus White as the bus.  The rims are sporting Brand New Early Dome VW hub caps.  The interior of the bus is in exceptional condition.  All of the camping components work as they should except the sink which has a crack and I was unable to source one during the restoration.  However, the icebox seals nicely and works perfectly. The Westfalia cabinets open and close as they should as do all of the windows and doors.  This bus also received new sub floor and flooring during the restoration.  The sliding door works perfectly and the upper and lower tracks are in great condition.  The front seats are in wonderful shape and free of any rips or tears as are the rear cushions.  This bus also comes with the rear laundry net as well as the childs cot that goes across the cabin.  The downstairs bed sleeps two adults comfortably on the Z-bed while the upstairs cot sleeps one on a cot that is in great shape with good canvas.  The pop top canvas tent is brand new and was also professionally installed.  The cabin area is very clean, all of the gauges and lights, wipers, turn signals function as they should.  This bus is powered by a very strong running dual port 1600 motor that received an extensive tune-up during the restoration including new distributor cap/rotor, plugs, oil change, etc...This bus starts first turn of the key every time!  I would not hesitate to drive it anywhere!  The bus also has new brakes all the way around and the transmission shifts smoothly through all of the gears.  This is a very tight driving bus.  This bus also received a brand new windshield and lots of new rubber seals including the front and rear windows as well as new rubber seals around the front turn signals and rear tail lights.  Now onto the exterior of the bus.  The pop top and luggage rack were removed, repainted and new bottom seals were installed.  The bus was prepped for paint, primered and painted with three coats of the Original Factory color of Lotus White.  Then the bus received two coats of clear and was buffed to the shine that you see in the pictures!  I have included some pictures of the restoration process but have many more available upon request.   This bus is gorgeous, the pictures don't do it justice it is ready for camping or VW shows.  Please don't hesitate to call or email with any questions regarding the bus.  Shipping and all associated costs are the responsibility of the buyer but I can assist as I have shipped vehicles all over the world.  I reserve the right to end the auction at any time. Please call Dave at 316-299-1596.  Clean and Clear title in hand.

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Skoda unveils Volkswagen Up!-based Citigo

Tue, 27 Sep 2011

This is the all-new Skoda Citigo, and if you're thinking that it looks rather familiar, that's because its Volkswagen-badged kin recently debuted at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. That's right, the long-rumored Skoda version of Volkswagen's new Up! city car has finally arrived.
Buyers will have a choice of two 1.0-liter three-cylinder engines - one with 59 horsepower, the other with a 74 hp and a blistering 106 mph top speed - both mated to a five-speed manual transmission. Powerful they are not, but these three-bangers should prove to be extremely efficient, with Skoda quoting fuel economy numbers of 62.8 and 60.1 miles per gallon, respectively (on the European cycle).
Being a Skoda, the Citigo will go on sale in its home market of the Czech Republic this fall, with the rest of Europe getting the car next summer. Follow the jump for Skoda's official release.

BMW, Ferrari, VW cars use tungsten mined by terrorists

Thu, 08 Aug 2013

Bloomberg Markets is reporting that BMW, Volkswagen and Ferrari have been using tungsten ore sourced from Columbia's FARC rebel terrorists. The extensive story focuses on Columbia's illegal mining trade and calls into question the provenance of the rare ore that is used not only in crankshaft parts production, but is also found in the world's computing and telecommunications industry for use in screens.
The ore is mined by the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army), and exported to Pennsylvania, where it is refined. The refined ore is then sent over to Austria, where a company called Plansee turns it into a finished product. Now, it's important to note that we aren't talking about the world's supply of tungsten here. In 2012, Plansee's American refinery purchased 93.2 metric tons of tungsten, valued at $1.8 million. That's peanuts, with the entire Colombian tungsten mining industry producing just one percent of the world's supplies.
That doesn't make indirectly supporting FARC any more acceptable, though. BMW, VW and Ferrari are all committed to not accepting mineral supplies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is also in the grips of a guerrilla insurrection funded, in part, by illegal mining. The same commitment would figure to extend to Colombian mining, but as BMW points out, it's difficult for a multi-national manufacturer to know where every item in its supply chain comes from. A company spokesperson says as much, telling Bloomberg, "These few grams out of the billions of tons of raw materials passing through the BMW supply chain are of no practical relevance."

VW Up Buggy may be headed to showrooms

Tue, 02 Jul 2013

Volkswagen showed six conceptual takes on its Up at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, one of those being the Up Buggy. Although few will probably remember it, VW has not forgotten it, applying for a patent for the Meyers Manx revival roadster way back in March 2012 and being approved in June of this year, according to a report in Autocar. That will give the automaker a 14-year lock on the design while it decides whether to move forward with a reboot of its past.
A patent doesn't mean the Up Buggy will ever move beyond the sheet-of-paper stage, but Autocar says VW is studying the market to see if a production version is feasible. We can't see North America ever getting it, but even so, we wouldn't complain if they made it - especially if they put an exposed engine in back that was set off by 18-inch-long twin tailpipes jutting straight up into the air. However, for a company that aims to be the world's number-one automaker by 2018, a niche vehicle for its mass-market brand would be a surprising use of resources.