£5,175
1965 Volkswagen Type 2 Kombi Microbus Project
Bonhams • UK • 30 Apr 2012
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£5,175
1965 Volkswagen Type 2 Kombi Microbus Project
UK • 30 Apr 2012
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a 1965 Volkswagen Type 2 Kombi Microbus project car, imported from Indonesia in 2009. It's a right-hand drive 'walk thru' bus offered as an unfinished restoration with a dismantled engine and various parts. Sold as viewed with no reserve.
Condition
3
This is an unfinished restoration project with a dismantled engine and various other parts. It is sold strictly as viewed, suggesting it requires significant work.
/ 10
2 miles (via 2017 MOT)
RHD
United Kingdom
236107525
1965
Auction
£5,175
1965 Volkswagen Type 2 Kombi Microbus Project
Bonhams • UK • 30 Apr 2012
Market Position:
Lowest Price
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Description
As readily recognisable as the immortal 'Beetle' itself and a cult vehicle in its own right, the Volkswagen Type 2 and its derivatives enjoyed an even longer period in production than their saloon progenitor.
The original was conceived in the late 1940s by a Dutch Volkswagen agent, Ben Pon, who drew up plans for a van based on the Beetle floor pan and running gear.
Known as the Volkswagen Type 2 (the Beetle saloon being Type 1) the result of Pon's efforts arrived in 1950 and almost immediately proliferated into a bewildering variety of models catering for an enormous range of commercial and domestic activities.
Engines grew in size and power while both handling and comfort improved as development progressed.
By 1968, when the first major revision of this outstandingly successful design occurred, almost two million had been sold worldwide.
An unfinished restoration project, this right-hand drive, 'walk thru' bus comes with a dismantled engine and various other parts.
The vehicle w...
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£84,907
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 16th Aug 2018
Latest MOT mileage:
2 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 17th Aug 2017, 2 miles
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