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Volkswagen Type 2, 1963

⁦Volkswagen Type 2 T1⁩

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Location: Santa Monica, California

$100,000 - $130,000 USD | Not Sold

  • Freeway Flyer four-speed transmission
  • Adjustable front and rear ride height
  • 17-inch Budnick wheels over four-wheel disc brakes

The Volkswagen Transporter debuted at the 1949 Geneva Auto Show, and by the time production ended in Brazil in December 2013, more than nine million had been built. Among the most desirable of these long-lived vehicles is the first-generation “split-window” Transporter, so-named for its two-piece tilt-out windshield, which was produced from 1950 until 1967 and first sold in the United States in 1952.

This vaunted VW 23-window bus features seating for nine passengers, passenger side door entry, eight skylights and a cloth sliding soft-top. This bus also has the rarest items of all, which are the two concave rear corner windows that make this a 23-window design.

Having selected custom features, this nicely updated and restored Volkswagen is presented in the attractive colors of yellow and white with a TMI Products interior in two-shades of tan, combining vinyl and cloth material. The engine is a horizontally-opposed 120 horsepower, 2,110 cubic centimeter unit that has a Porsche cooling shroud and dual carburetors that can be shown off by opening the custom trap door in the luggage compartment. The linking transmission is a “freeway flyer” four-speed manual.

Further reported features include SS Safari front and rear windows, disc brakes at all four corners, an exhaust system that exits Porsche-style recessed on the lower-left of the rear bumper, vintage-style roof rack, and 17-inch Budnik wheels.

The 23-window Volkswagen is a popular and uncommon find that will be a welcome sight on any roads traveled. A drive along the Pacific Coast Highway would be a great starting point.

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/ca17/lots/r0042-1963-volkswagen-type-2/

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