Vasek polak Splitty
Vasek polak Splitty
Hey guys. Does anyone know the owner of this bus and perhaps have contact details?
Thanks guys
Thanks guys
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
I think that bus used to belong to East Coast Classics, the sliding door rings a bell - perhaps they will know who the current owner is ...
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
very rare splitty, that, sliding doors on both sides
it is sleeping in my garage in Somerset west
it is sleeping in my garage in Somerset west
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
nice nice nice kombi man
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
PLEASE CHECK YOUR INBOXkombiman wrote:very rare splitty, that, sliding doors on both sides
it is sleeping in my garage in Somerset west
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
Never mind your inbox, PLEASE introduce yourself, and tell us more about you and that AWESOME Bus.. Welcome to the group pal.. VERY nice..
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
I have been under the radar on this site for many years, and have owned the Rat bus some time, I bought it from East Coast Classics, and then had the paint job done by Burt Upton RIP, we decided to honour Vasek Polak, the main man behind Brunos Racing in the USA. He had a bus and he towed his race car with it, so i thought it would be cool to base my Rat Bus on his transporter . all the graphics were painted on and then aged.
now I am let to believe this bus is part of three in the world with sliding doors both sides, as they were build to test the doors for the Bay window busses which were arriving as a replacement for the splitties. I am let to believe the other two van's are one in London, and the other is in a yard in Zim waiting to be restored.
we are having great fun with the bus, its not everybody cup of tea, and the majority question is which colour are you going to paint it, to which I reply , that to have the rust painted on cost a fortune , and anyway rust is a colour
hope to see all of you splitty fans soon
Kombiman
now I am let to believe this bus is part of three in the world with sliding doors both sides, as they were build to test the doors for the Bay window busses which were arriving as a replacement for the splitties. I am let to believe the other two van's are one in London, and the other is in a yard in Zim waiting to be restored.
we are having great fun with the bus, its not everybody cup of tea, and the majority question is which colour are you going to paint it, to which I reply , that to have the rust painted on cost a fortune , and anyway rust is a colour
hope to see all of you splitty fans soon
Kombiman
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
Welcome.kombiman wrote:I have been under the radar on this site for many years, and have owned the Rat bus some time, I bought it from East Coast Classics, and then had the paint job done by Burt Upton RIP, we decided to honour Vasek Polak, the main man behind Brunos Racing in the USA. He had a bus and he towed his race car with it, so i thought it would be cool to base my Rat Bus on his transporter . all the graphics were painted on and then aged.
now I am let to believe this bus is part of three in the world with sliding doors both sides, as they were build to test the doors for the Bay window busses which were arriving as a replacement for the splitties. I am let to believe the other two van's are one in London, and the other is in a yard in Zim waiting to be restored.
we are having great fun with the bus, its not everybody cup of tea, and the majority question is which colour are you going to paint it, to which I reply , that to have the rust painted on cost a fortune , and anyway rust is a colour
hope to see all of you splitty fans soon
Kombiman
VW started playing around with sliding doors in '64.
They are rare, but there are definitely more than 3 remaining.
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
As Merlin said, you have been misinformed. In fact, VW first offered sliding doors as a special order on split buses as early as 1951. They were on the standard options list from 1963. Sliding door split buses are unusual, rather than rare, and double sliders obviously more so. But there are many more than three of them in the world.kombiman wrote:now I am let to believe this bus is part of three in the world with sliding doors both sides, as they were build to test the doors for the Bay window busses which were arriving as a replacement for the splitties. I am let to believe the other two van's are one in London, and the other is in a yard in Zim waiting to be restored.
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
Hi Kombiman...
We have been trying to track you down for a while, so Im sure Boolseye is glad to see you surfaced here.
I remember sitting in this a few years ago at the George Old car Show with Oliver and Jacques, nice bus.
But as Fig and Merlin have said, there are quite a few of these around in Europe as they could be Special Ordered. An option that was taken up more in Europe than anywhere else. I remember seeing German Bundes Post splitties with dual sliding doors, as well as newspaper and Milk delivery buses using the same option. It amongst others, allowed for delivery from the bus on both sides of the narrow roads, with out the delivery guy having to get out and walk around the bus to drop off the item on the 'other side' pavement.
I see a very cool, photo-shoot in your immediate future.... LOL!
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We have been trying to track you down for a while, so Im sure Boolseye is glad to see you surfaced here.
I remember sitting in this a few years ago at the George Old car Show with Oliver and Jacques, nice bus.
But as Fig and Merlin have said, there are quite a few of these around in Europe as they could be Special Ordered. An option that was taken up more in Europe than anywhere else. I remember seeing German Bundes Post splitties with dual sliding doors, as well as newspaper and Milk delivery buses using the same option. It amongst others, allowed for delivery from the bus on both sides of the narrow roads, with out the delivery guy having to get out and walk around the bus to drop off the item on the 'other side' pavement.
I see a very cool, photo-shoot in your immediate future.... LOL!
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
Wonder how many Australian spec splits- (high air intakes), had dual sliding doors?
Staying Aircooled is so much nicer.
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I suspect those vents were not Oz only, as I have seen them on many buses that came out of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, including this one. I've heard of several dual slider panels from Zim.Dawie wrote:Wonder how many Australian spec splits- (high air intakes), had dual sliding doors?
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Re: Vasek polak Splitty
thankyou for the feed back, what I didn't mention was that to the best of my info three was right hand drive , I am aware of more in Europe with sliding doors, but they are left hand drives.
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