earliest campers or strange mod's??

splitbusahollic · Post by **splitbusahollic** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:47 am

Don't know what to call the first one....mod/split or split/mod ??

splitbusahollic · Post by **splitbusahollic** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:50 am

what next ???

Post by **Pine** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:04 am

splitbusahollic wrote:what next ???

Well....hold on tight!

I saw this Split Camper for the first time in the western side of Pretoria a few years ago. It belonged to a... well....let's just say 'economically disadvantaged' old man who actually lived in it. I gave him a few bucks for petrol, and he allowed me to take pics of it (which I can't find at the moment

). Rumour at the time was that there were a few exporters desperately trying to get their paws on it.

Got these pics from Andries Groenewald of Landbouweekblad (not sure what his Forum username is) last week - the bus has been sold to a local buyer, who plans to restore it, which is GOOD news!

Not sure of its origins, but we believe it might be one of the early Jurgens Autovilla prototypes...

ChrisG · Post by **ChrisG** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:21 am

Here it is again, its the same 1 I think. Look @ the AA badge in the same spot. Wow that is an amazing bus to have!!!!

fig wrote:
beesbal wrote:If im not mistaken this was the second type Auto villa
More like the fourth ...

1959 prototype:

1973-1975:

1975-1980:

Post by **Pine** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:55 am

Yep, that is one of my pics - same one!

splitbusahollic · Post by **splitbusahollic** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:10 pm

those are cool pic's...poor thing must be a slug at the coast with a touch of headwind !!

maybe that's why the camper section is so big...you get to sleep along the road often when it's windy !

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:57 pm

Would love to see that at the Kombi Kamp out next year !!!

lowlight · Post by **lowlight** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:55 pm

Was tracking this bus and saw this kombi in the flesh. Was about a week to late to buy it. Somebody else in pta bought it and as Pine said, is planning to restore it. Good luck.

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:20 pm

Spotted this camper mod at the Pomona Swap Meet a few weeks ago. It was really nice variation - I was loving the widened sprintstar's on the rear and the windscreen sun visor!

Would love to do a good US road trip in this - think it would attract a lot of attention in the RV Parks !

splitbusahollic · Post by **splitbusahollic** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:55 am

that's a cool one ! shot for the pic !
it does look a lot better than the first one on this post....i wonder what engine it has ??do you perhaps know ?

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:41 pm

Hung around it for a while and didnt spot the owner so couldn't chat to him. I assume with the quality of the VW part of the bus it would be an aircooled - but what size/aspiration we can only guess

Aircooled VW South Africa

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