1965 LHD SPLITSCREEN KOMBI 18,000 MILES SINCE NEW

A rare chance to own one of the finest VW's in the world.

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We stumbled across this bus in Karmann Konnection. Southend-on-Sea Essex in April 2003. The 1965 bus was originally a Swiss army Radio Bus in ‘Olive Drab' green. The bus was — and still is — in mint condition. left hand drive and had a genuine 10. 00km (6213 Miles) on the clock! The van has been dry-stored since new. Spending 38 years in an aircraft hanger in Switzerland and the last 11 years garage kept. The Swiss army had originally requested many modifications for the bus including a 24 volt generator. roof-mounted aerials. black-out blinds. shielded electrics. a service clock which logs the usage in hours and even cruise control! The 1500cc engine still has this rare limiter installed.

Although we was looking for a fully-fitted camper for weekend trips I immediately saw the potential in such a mint condition bus and we bought it straight away. The bus was painted a month later by Hillcrest Classics of Southend-on-Sea and was then kitted-out as a camper with cupboards. TMI panel kits imported from California. a rock n roll bed and a 12 volt leisure battery for the interior lights and radio was also installed.
I am also including a 3 Bow Stainless Steel Roof Rack and Ladder by Creative Engineering which cost £550. Although it was not fitted when I took the photographs it can be seen fitted here.

Over the last ten years we've added 12. 00 miles to the clock meaning it's still only covered 29. 00 km (18k miles) from new. The - still working - army service clock shows the engine has been used for a total of 674 hours since May 1965. That's just an average of 367 miles a year or 13. 75 hours a year. Surely making this one of the least used buses in the world today!

Amongst the original paperwork supplied with the bus was an army modification sheet showing the original price of 47. 50 Swiss Francs.

The bus still runs perfectly well on it's original 6v system. I have since swapped out the original headlight bulbs to the more efficient halogen type and changed the indicator bulbs for the brighter LED type.

The van was valued - for insurance purposes - in August 2013 by Harry Harpic's. a respected VW specialist in the UK. The owner. Paul Miller. was surprised to see such a good example of a bus and valued it at £40. 00 stating “There can be very few vehicles this good. anywhere in the world!”. We have an agreed insurance value of £40. 00

I continued keeping the van in a garage after taking ownership and hence it's been dry stored from new. There is no rust anywhere. the van has never been welded and still looks like new. It's never let us down. The van has been serviced regularly and I have kept a full service history during the last ten years.

Along with the original 1965 owners spares box is the original paperwork pouch and two copies of the original ignition/door key.

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Inventory:

£35. 00
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email: dave [at] daveday. me
We are in Rayleigh. Essex UK

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